Staff Pick: The Landing
By Rob Gonzalez As a testament to how fantastically paced and structured “The Landing” is, let me just say that I kept forgetting I was watching a “documentary.” The depth and breadth of interviews coupled... Read More
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Staff Pick: Wild Honey
By Allison Kindred A film about a phone sex operator?!?! This has to be good! And a phone sex operator that meets a writer? Even better! The opening scene of the film made my sides… Read More
Staff Pick: What Haunts Us
By Samantha Levine Paige Tolmach is an extremely brave filmmaker who dives deep into the past of the community she grew up in to uncover haunting stories that lead to multiple suicides. Stories involving pedophilia... Read More
STAFF PICK: ELECTRIC NOSTALGIA
Electric Nostalgia Imagine being brought back from the dead in a body that isn’t yours. You feel like yourself, however you wake up from these chilling unfamiliar dreams. You start to lose your grip on… Read More
STAFF PICK: DIANI AND DEVINE MEET THE APOCALYPSE
Diani and Devine meet the Apocalypse In today’s high-tech lifestyle, we often get dependent with the way we communicate and in no way would be prepared for the end of civilization. But while on the search… Read More
STAFF PICK: THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY
The Man Who was Thursday Throw a disgraced priest undercover to investigate an anarchistic cult? Sign me up. The Man Who Was Thursday captures an incredible fall from grace that kept me on the edge of… Read More
STAFF PICK: FOUND FOOTAGE 3D
Found Footage 3D First off, this is NOT your typical found footage film. Well… it is and it isn’t. The film includes the requisite opening statement about the footage and then cuts to the filmmakers… Read More
STAFF PICK: CHRONESTHESIA
Chronesthesia Chronesthesia, as we find, is the ability to see the future by way of mental time travel. The film takes us down a compelling path of self-discovery as our protagonist, Dan, attempts to navigate his… Read More
STAFF PICK: MY LIFE AS A FILM
My Life as a Film Within the first few minutes of “My Life is a Film” I had to pause it so that I could proclaim out loud (to anyone who would listen) “Guys. I… Read More