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HIS GIRL FRIDAY Criterion Review: Howard Hawks’ Classic Receives a 4K Upgrade
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Sundance Film Festival 2026: Park City’s Last Dance Pt 1
HollyShorts 2025: Little Bird & The Stand: Two Powerful Shorts
LIQUOR BANK: Raw, Real and Remarkably Human
Sundance 2025: Pasta Negra; Somebody Cares; En Memoria; Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites
Sundance 2025: Azi; The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing; Out for Delivery; and The Eating of an Orange
Sundance Film Festival 2026: Extra Geography and The Huntress
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Dances With Films NY 2026: VINDICTA
LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2025: SENTIMENTAL VALUE
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Top 10 Episodes of HEARTSTOPPER
Staff Inquiry: Top 10 Best Films of 2025
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Staff Inquiry: The Best Horror Films of the 21st Century (So Far)
GIVEAWAY: Enter For a Chance to Win a DVD Copy of KIDNAPPING INC.
Giveway: Enter For a Chance to Win ALLSWELL IN NEW YORK DVD!
ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A PARAMOUNT SCARES VOL. 2 Collection!
ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN THE DEPARTED DIGITAL MOVIE!
“Kink Isn’t One Size Fits All”: An Interview with Harry Lighton for PILLION
Dark Fantasies: An Interview with Mike Formanski, Director of The Silent Light
TIFF 2025: Interview with Director/Writer Lloyd Lee Choi of Lucky Lu
TIFF 2025: Interview with Nicole Bazuin and Andrea Werhun of Modern Whore
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Bollywood Inquiry
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Into the Poohniverse: Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare
Into the Poohniverse: Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2
FOR THE LOVE OF HORROR: The Public Domain Horror Explosion
Horrific Inquiry: FRIDAY THE 13TH PART II
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Hong Kong Action Cinema
How To Analyse Movies
Maria Giese VS Hollywood
Building a Home Studio on a Budget: Essential Tips for Indie Filmmakers
RETROSPECTIVE: KOREAN CINEMA’S GOLDEN DECADE: THE 1960s
The Beginner’s Guide: Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski, Screenwriters
Actor Profile: Kirsten Dunst
Actor Profile: Kirsten Dunst
Actor Profile: Jim Carrey
Actor Profile: Tim Curry
Actor Profile: Nicolas Cage
The Beginner’s Guide: Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski, Screenwriters
A Beginner’s Guide to National Cinema Theory
The Beginner’s Guide: John Singleton
Beginner’s Guide: George Miller, Writer & Director
RETROSPECTIVE: KOREAN CINEMA’S GOLDEN DECADE: THE 1960s
The Joker’s Smile, Part 3: The Final Joke (For Now…)
The Joker’s Smile, Part 1: The 20th Century’s Most Adaptable Character
Louis Le Prince: The Unsolved Disappearance Of The Father Of Cinema
A Beginner’s Guide to National Cinema Theory
Critiquing The Critic: The Evolution & Function Of Film Criticism
Anarchic Cinema: Jean Vigo’s ZERO FOR CONDUCT
Anarchic Cinema: V-Cinema & Takashi Miike
The History of Hong Kong Action Cinema Pt. 7 – 2000-Present: Life After the Handover
The History of Hong Kong Action Cinema Pt. 6 – 1980-2000: Handover & Second Wave
The History of Hong Kong Action Pt. 5 – 1980: New Wave, Cinema City, Jackie Chan & John Woo
The History of Hong Kong Action Cinema Pt. 4 – 1960-1980: New Wave
How to Analyse Movies #8: Putting It Into Practice
How to Analyse Movies #7: Iconography & Realisticness
How to Analyse Movies #6: Story & Genre
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Weinstein Scandal Should Affect The Outcome Of The EEOC Hollywood Probe (THR Guest Column)
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AGATHA CHRISTIE’S SEVEN DIALS: Time’s Up
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COMMON PEOPLE: BLACK MIRROR at Its Darkest—and Its Best
RUNNING ERINS: Balancing Life with Humor and Heart
Slamdance 2024: RESTORAGE
The Coroner’s Assistant, “The Interview/The Inquest:” A Deathly Comic Debut
WOMAN OF THE DEAD, Season Two: Heartstopping Thrills
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