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One of the main reasons why the Sundance Film Festival is so popular amongst cinephiles is the total focus on purely indie stories, often handled by first-time directors, writers, actors, and many others pursuing their dreams. Fair Play was highly acclaimed at this year's edition of the event (here's Alex's review), continuing to collect positive reactions during its festival run throughout the year. As it has finally made its streaming debut on Netflix worldwide, I approached it with somewhat high expectations, hoping that Chloe Domont's feature directorial debut deserved the hype. Domont delves into complex gender dynamics, highlighting the biases faced by successful women in various fields, shining a light on the challenges of couples working side by side in a tense big city thriller that builds up to an admittedly divisive ending. Independently of each viewer's position regarding this conclusion, it's the careful study and respective messages that really matter. The film presents a thought-provoking story underscoring the many disparities women encounter on their journey to success. It raises important questions about the expectations placed on women to excel beyond the ordinary ...

"Who is this?" Here's another good horror short to watch this spooky season. A Film by Vera Vaughn is a surreal psychological thriller from a filmmaker named Sorrel Brae, and it first premiered back in 2015. We never posted this short back then, so no better time then now to feature it (thanks to a reminder from Short of the Week). In this ghost story for the digital age, filmmaker Vera Vaughn (played by acclaimed American actress Marin Ireland) works late into the night, editing her suspense/thriller about a woman jeopardized by a mysterious home intruder... But when she's interrupted by a knock at the door, Vera's world takes a frightening turn toward the surreal as life threatens to imitate art — or is it the other way around? This is a solid and compelling film involving only one actor that requires that one actor to pull off two roles to make it all believable. Legit work. Also a good short film opener to watch before any episode of "Loki" - Season 2. Thanks to Short of the Week for the ...

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Dennis Paoli is the writer of films like Re-Animator, From Beyond, Dagon and Castle Freak – to name a few. He is a long time collaborator with the late Stuart Gordon. He recently teamed up with Joe Lynch (Mayhem, Chillerama) on the new film, Suitable Flesh, starring Heather Graham and Barbara Crampton. Media Mikes had …

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There are plenty of comic book movie sequels in the pipeline, but many long-delayed ones that fans still want to see, no matter how long it's taken.

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