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Film Review: Festival of Lights

Director Shundell Prasad’s premiere narrative film Festival of Lights has at its heart an intriguing story that is rich with authentic cultural flavors of the small South American nation of Guyana which makes it all the more unfortunate that it falls short in some of the fundamentals such as acting and editing.  The film follows the story of Reshma More...

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By Tim Needles On Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
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FILM: In Their Skin

Perfect White Family might be a more appropriate title for director Jeremy Regimbal’s new thriller In Their Skin because the story of obsession and violence takes the idea of identity theft one step beyond films More...

By Amy Hamblen On Sunday, November 11th, 2012
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FILM: The Bay

Once you learn what an isopod is in Barry Levinson’s new biological thriller, The Bay, the thrill is pretty much gone. Recapped by Donna (Kether Donohue), the film takes us through the fictional events that took More...

By Tim Needles On Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
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Film: Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters

In the history of art there is no one else quite like photographer Gregory Crewdson, whose beautiful and often haunting images of small town America aren’t found, but meticulously constructed in every detail and More...

By Ralph Greco On Thursday, November 1st, 2012
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FILM: Holy Motors

New York Film Festival darling, critic pick and probably the most surreal movie experience I have had in a while is Leos Carax’s Holy Motors, a wild ride about…a wild ride. Carax, who wrote and directed More...

By Casey Hicks On Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
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FILM: Silent Hill: Revelation

Found footage seems to be the current horror film fad, so Silent Hill: Revelation is a refreshing break from the pack. This movie isn’t out to make you guess the killer or wade through suspense. Instead it’s More...

By Kenneth Joachim On Thursday, October 25th, 2012
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FILM: The Loneliest Planet

Written & Directed by Julia Loktev, and starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Hani Furstenberg, and Bidzina Gujabidze. The title of this beautifully shot film refers to the emotional space one finds when estranged from a More...

By Genie Davis On Thursday, October 18th, 2012
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Screamfest LA Opening Night: The Collection

No, those screams emanating from the heart of LA Live’s Regal Cinemas had nothing to do with Friday night rush hour, and everything to do with the week long Screamfest’s opening night premiere of The Collection. Directed More...

By Tim Needles On Thursday, October 18th, 2012
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FILM: The Sessions

The Sessions, starring John Hawkes and Helen Hunt A movie centered on physical disabilities, religion, and sex might sound like a tough sell but that’s not the case with Ben Lewin’s film The Sessions More...

By Casey Hicks On Saturday, October 13th, 2012
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FILM: Seven Psychopaths

Here are seven ways to describe Seven Psychopaths: 1) hilarious, 2) dark, 3) meta, 4) twisted, 5) clever, 6) graphic, 7) insane. Still interested? Well, you should be. Writer/director Martin McDonagh returns after More...