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Category: Film

The latest on cinema in Philadelphia, including Philadelphia films, independent cinema, and Philly film festivals.

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Irina Varina Knows What You Did Last Summer

Christopher Munden April 10, 2021 1 Comment

In 2020, filmmaker and theater creator Irina Varina had a plan to make a film called I Know What You Did in the Summer of…

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Film Reviews

Godzilla vs. Kong (dir. Adam Wingard): Film review

Dan Scully March 31, 2021 No Comments

This clash of the titans is absolutely wonderful to behold

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Oscars Facing Backlash For No Zoom Policy

Smalley Bogg March 30, 2021 No Comments

The Oscars will be going ahead on Sunday, April 25, to the delight of the film industry, TV executives and film aficionados. However, it remains…

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Film Reviews

NOBODY (dir. Ilya Naishuller): Film review

Dan Scully March 28, 2021 No Comments

If someone told me that the cinematic trend kicked off by Liam Neeson in which a middle-aged gentleman with a certain set of skills has…

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Living in A DOLL’S HOUSE: An Ibsen adaption for these times

Christopher Munden March 19, 2021 No Comments

Wife and husband team Jennifer Summerfield and Kyle Cassidy are releasing their quarantine-themed adaptation of A Doll’s House to coincide with the one-year anniversary of Philly’s stay-at-home order,

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Film Reviews

CRISIS (dir. Nicholas Jarecki): Film review

Dan Scully March 18, 2021 No Comments

Crisis does for the opioid crisis what Crash attempted to do for race relations in America.

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Film Reviews

100 Days to Live (dir. Ravin Gandhi): Film review

Dan Scully March 16, 2021 No Comments

In the absence of resources, all you really need is a good story and the desire to tell it

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Film Reviews

SLAXX (dir. Elza Kephart): Film review

Dan Scully March 15, 2021 No Comments

A pair of possessed jeans comes to life and starts killing the staff in delightfully brutal ways

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Film Reviews

Sacrifice (dir. Andy Collier, Toor Mian): Film review

Dan Scully February 18, 2021 No Comments

Takes its time getting to the scary stuff, but uses that time to ratchet up the dread in a big way, leading to a surprising finale that chills to the bone.

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greenland
Film Reviews

Greenland (dir. Ric Roman Waugh): Film review

Dan Scully February 14, 2021 No Comments

Worth checking out before the world ends

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Film Reviews

BLISS (dir. Mike Cahill): Film review

Dan Scully February 5, 2021 No Comments

An empty novelty, presented in a way that can only keep the audience at a distance

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The little things
Film Reviews

The Little Things (dir. John Lee Hancock): Film review

Dan Scully January 26, 2021 No Comments

I have a feeling that The Little Things is going to be a bit of a critical punching bag, but I enjoyed the film

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Psycho Goreman (dir. Steven Kostanski): Film review

Dan Scully January 18, 2021 2 Comments

It’s hard to overstate how wonderfully fucked up this movie is.

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Film Reviews

News of the World (dir. Paul Greengrass): Film review

Dan Scully December 20, 2020 No Comments

The kind of movie that’s totally worth watching while simultaneously being nothing at all to write home about.

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Film Podcasts

Need A Podcast for Christmas?

Christopher Munden December 18, 2020 4 Comments

Hallmark Christmas movies are a genre of cinema that has received decidedly little critical attention… until now

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Film

Watch latest movies for free

Smalley Bogg November 10, 2020 No Comments

So many new movies, TV series, games, and other entertainers are launched everyday which you want to enjoy. All these come with expensive subscriptions which…

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Film

Zappa (2020 – dir. Alex Winter): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully November 4, 2020 No Comments

Frank Zappa is a walking contradiction.

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The Killing of Two Lovers (2020 – dir. Robert Machoian): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully November 3, 2020 No Comments

This is one of those “the less you know, the better” movies, not because anything so surprising happens that you wouldn’t want to be spoiled,…

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Digger (dir. Georgis Grigorakis): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully November 3, 2020 No Comments

A very entertaining window into an unfamiliar world, filled with familiar characterizations of real, devastatingly human people.

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Night of the Kings (dir. Philippe Lacôte): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully November 3, 2020 No Comments

The movie rocks. I’ve never seen anything like it.

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