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• “Horsegirls” prances into your heart and lands each aspect of its mashed genres of comedy and drama. [Tribeca]

  By justin waldman on June 11, 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  Writer and director Lauren Meyering swings for the fences with a difficult yet captivating story that is surely going to resonate with certain viewers, certain parents, and make for a compelling career moving forward in the feature industry with her… Read More ›

• Arrow Video’s “Swordfish” 4K UHD remaster is more of a blip than a bang.

  By Douglas Davidson on June 10, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  Trigger Warning: The following review touches on topics directly related to the narrative involving death, terrorism, and sexual assault. The summer of 2001 was the perfect time for the release of Swordfish. Audiences had been primed for it thanks to… Read More ›

• “A Tree Fell in the Woods” blends realism with surrealism in an examination of perception. [Tribeca]

  By justin waldman on June 9, 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  When writing a comedy about couples where everything and anything can go wrong, there is a lot of territory that has already been covered. Entries into the genre consistently feel like they’re beating a dead horse. Trying to find something… Read More ›

• When “Man Finds Tape,” seeing is disbelieving. [Tribeca]

  By Douglas Davidson on June 9, 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  Under the oral traditions of yesteryear, the things humans couldn’t explain or understand, the things for which there was little proof beyond anecdote, fell under myths and legends. Now, however, in the digital age, when it’s so easy for anyone… Read More ›

• Rowan Haber’s comedic exploration into the character proudly proclaims “We Are Pat.” [Tribeca]

  By Douglas Davidson on June 8, 2025 • ( 2 )

  

  A lot of people say, “What’s that?” It’s Pat! A lot of people ask, “Who’s he? Or she?” A ma’am or a sir, accept him or her or whatever it might be. It’s time for androgyny. Here comes Pat! –… Read More ›

• The intent of “To Live and Die and Live” gets lost amid a seemingly unfocused and underdeveloped execution.

  By Andrew J. Eisenman on June 8, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  If there are any good things to say about To Live and Die and Live (2025), they are that Amin Joseph (One of Them Days; Snowfall) is a very good actor; Skye P. Marshall (Let’s Be Cops; Coup!) can sell… Read More ›

• Documentary “The End of Quiet” uses a microcosm to ask big questions about the cost of modernity. [Tribeca]

  By Douglas Davidson on June 7, 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  In the modern era, noise is constant and everywhere. Doesn’t matter if you live in urban, suburban, or rural areas, if you’ve got some kind of signal transmission, it produces sound, whether you can hear it or not. Recognizing the… Read More ›

• Audiences find the groove emanating within Logic’s feature film directorial debut, workplace comedy “Paradise Records.” [Tribeca]

  By Douglas Davidson on June 7, 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  A little word of advice, my friend. Sometimes you gotta let those hard-to-reach chips go. – Dante Hicks (Brian O’Halloran) in Clerks. One night, while attending a youth group function, someone decided, for reasons lost to the annals of time,… Read More ›

• Comedy thriller “Birthright” leaves you laughing hysterically in the darkest of corners. [Tribeca]

  By justin waldman on June 6, 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  If you’re a fan of the most insane over-the-top, completely plausible, uncomfortable comedies of all time, then Zoe Pepper is a name to look out for and her newest feature, Birthright, is an absolute must-see. While the film is not… Read More ›

• “Lemonade Blessing” will have you doing spit takes both cringe and comical. [Tribeca]

  By justin waldman on June 6, 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  Without having ever met or talked to writer/director Chris Merola (The Stall), I think it’s fair to say and even assume that the inspiration behind Lemonade Blessing may have come from an episode of The Simpsons. This isn’t a dig… Read More ›

• Like a good trap, Predator animated anthology “Killer of Killers” proves to be an extraordinary mix of gorgeous violence and narrative propulsion. [Tribeca]

  By Douglas Davidson on June 6, 2025 • ( 2 )

  

  Since 10 Cloverfield Lane director Dan Trachtenberg released his addition to the Predator franchise, Prey, in 2022 on Hulu, audiences have grown ever more hungry for new Predator stories. Sure, audiences have four other films to explore, plus two Alien… Read More ›

• “Bring Her Back” is horror that lingers in the only way good horror can.

  By justin waldman on June 5, 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  Content Warning: The following spoiler-free review will include descriptions of death, which may be difficult for sensitive individuals. There is going to be an ungodly amount of discourse so I want to preface this review with a few things. If… Read More ›

• Ana de Armas will be of service in “John Wick” franchise expanding actioner “Ballerina.”

  By Gabe Lapalombella on June 5, 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  How many successful action franchises do we have now? That’s a more complicated question to answer than one may think. That is, especially after the surprise 2014 revelation of a film that was John Wick. Besides revitalizing Keanu Reeves’s career,… Read More ›

• Double De Niro is not enough to make “The Alto Knights” memorable.

  By AJ Friar on June 5, 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  The Alto Knights features a dual performance from the legendary Robert De Niro (The Irishman) who portrays both of the main characters in a bold creative choice that might serve as a selling point for fans or as a distraction… Read More ›

• Vincent Pereira’s “A Better Place” gets a director’s cut release on Blu-ray thanks to Smodcastle Cinema.

  By AJ Friar on June 5, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  A Better Place (1997) is an obscure and underappreciated film that quietly resides in the shadows of the more well-known titles in Kevin Smith’s View Askewniverse. Produced by Smith (Dogma) but written and directed by his longtime friend Vincent Pereira… Read More ›

• Filmmaker José María Cabral’s documentary “42nd Street” raises more questions than it answers.

  By Douglas Davidson on June 4, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  There are certain places in this world that draw people to them. The ones to come to immediately to mind in the U.S. are Los Angeles, California, or New York City, New York, as cornerstones of music, theater, and entertainment… Read More ›

• “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” strikes all the typical Austen rom-com notes.

  By Dalin Rowell on June 3, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  Back in 2013, Director Jerusha Hess brought to life the silly world of Shannon Hale’s novel Austenland. In it, Jane Hayes (Keri Russell), a 30-something fangirl for the works of Jane Austen, travels to a British resort themed to the… Read More ›

• “K-19: The Widowmaker” 4K UHD Giveaway

  By Douglas Davidson on June 2, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  In honor of actor Liam Neeson’s birthday on June 7th, Shout! TV is planning a celebratory stream of films on the channel including: K-19: The Widowmaker, Honest Thief, The Grey, and The Marksman. But should only the birthday boy get… Read More ›

• Twisted masterpiece “Steppenwolf” brings all of its blood and brutality home courtesy of Arrow Video

  By Blak Cinephile on June 2, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  Blowing me away (as well as many audience members) at Fantasia International Film Festival in 2024, Steppenwolf is a Kazakh language thriller which follows two characters — a psychopathic, murderous former police investigator (Berik Aytzhanov) and a woman consumed by… Read More ›

• 28 Tribeca Film Festival 2025 films that we’d love to explore.

  By Douglas Davidson on June 1, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  Tribeca Film Festival 2025 marks the fourth time that Elements of Madness is covering the festival and we’re excited to get started. Having combed through the festival guide, we’ve put together a list of films that caught our interest or… Read More ›

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