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Coming of Age
A Love Song by Hope Madden Filmmaker Max Walker-Silverman’s feature debut A Love song blesses us with 81 minutes of Dale Dickey, a gorgeous western landscape, and not much else. It is enough. Dickey...
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Unchained Melody, Unpaid Rent
Phantom Project by Daniel Baldwin Pablo (Juan Cano) is a struggling actor who makes his money working as a training actor for a medical program where personnel get to practice their bedside manner in...
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Heart and Soul
Ragged Heart by Hope Madden An aching poem to a culture that once was, Evan McNary’s indie Ragged Heart takes root in Athens, Georgia and blossoms with nostalgia, longing, grief and regret. One-time...
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Altered Images
Aftersun by Hope Madden When you were 11, what did you think you would be doing now? For a lot of parents encountering this query from their own 11-year-old, a joke might ward off any painful...
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Post Traumatic
Take Back the Night by Hope Madden It’s a story we all know too well, some of us better than others. With their monster movie/social justice thriller Take Back the Night, co-writer/director Gia Elliot...
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The Hills Are Alive
The Devil to Pay by Hope Madden I’ve long felt that pre-film text-on-screen quotes are a cinematic crutch, often pretentious musings that rarely capture the essence of the film about to unspool. Then,...
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Glorious Madness
I’m an Electric Lampshade by Christie Robb Oh man, what can I say about this one? That it’s a celebration of the confidence of mediocre White men? That it’s an inspiring hero’s journey toward...
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This Property Is Condemning You to Death
The Tank by Daniel Baldwin Picture this: a loved one has passed away and you inherit a piece of property from them that they’ve never mentioned. You’ve been handed a house along the coast that comes...
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Can’t Go Home Again
Esme, My Love by Hope Madden We don’t know much about Esme (Audrey Grace Marshall) or Hannah (Stacey Weckstein), really. Director/co-writer Cory Choy’s feature debut Esme, My Love keeps us in the dark...
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Some Pig
Peppergrass by Hope Madden The pandemic was tough on everybody. Eula (Chantelle Han) lost her grandpa, made a bad decision with her bartender friend (Charles Boyland), and may lose her restaurant if...
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