Slamdance Film Festival

Sanzaru

By Norman Gidney | August 2020

FANTASIA 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! When Sanzaru opens, it is the middle of the night, in a weathered cemetery, nestled along a country road.…

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FANTASIA 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! When Sanzaru opens, it is the middle of the night, in a weathered cemetery, nestled along a country road. Tightly...

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NEW ON VOD! Animation Outlaws is the insane story of how Craig "Spike" Decker and Mike Gribble, popularly known as "Spike & Mike," began a series of...

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SLAMDANCE 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! Shell and Joint is a mind-bending philosophical drama from the mind of Japanese writer and director Isamu...

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SLAMDANCE 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! Director Olivia Peace’s Tahara takes place at a Jewish High School and centers on the friendship of Hannah (Rachel...

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SLAMDANCE 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! Sometimes, as a precursor to falling asleep, I like to watch YouTube videos about abandoned places: hotels, hospitals,...

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SLAMDANCE 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! The silence is deafening in writer-director Cameron Bruce Nelson's Pillars, a nearly wordless short in which...

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SLAMDANCE 2020 FILM REVIEW! Experimental storytelling can be a fascinating beast. Take, for instance, the elliptical nature of Majnuni. This is the...

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SLAMDANCE 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! Each year hundreds of filmmakers and creators hope to make an impact in cinema with their art. A majority of those...

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SLAMDANCE 2020 SHORT FILM REVIEW! I absolutely love when filmmakers find ways of merging the familiar with the alien, to produce a profoundly uncanny...

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SLAMDANCE 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! Mention "spinning" in the US, and people will think you're either talking about a turntable DJ or indoor cycling. But...

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