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Limbo' writer-director Ben Sharrock on using humor to share the story of the refugee experience

April 28, 2021

Standing alone in a telephone booth on a remote Scottish island, Omar (Amir El-Masry) calls his parents to share the progress of his asylum request. He looks down at the plaster cast on his arm as his father badgers him over his inability to play his...

Growing Up Milwaukee' seeks to go beyond statistics

April 27, 2021

Statistics out of Milwaukee are shocking and depressing for Black kids in the city. In a report that came out in August 2020, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Center for Economic Development stated that "Black Milwaukee is generally worse off toda...

Natasha Henstridge attempts to survive one wild night in ‘Night of the Sicario’

April 23, 2021

Night of the Sicario follows a group at a retirement home just trying to ride out a hurricane. Things go sideways when members of a cartel show up because the determined Taylor Ward (Natasha Henstridge) has agreed to shelter two witnesses in a drug t...

My True Fairytale' embraces grief through a mystical story inspired by real life

April 22, 2021

My True Fairytale rides the balance between horrific and hopeful, mythical and magical, and learning how to save yourself when it matters most. The film could be described as a suspenseful thriller as much as a drama with a lesson.

Moment of Truth' Filmmaker Matthew Perniciaro On Structuring the Story Of a Real-Life Crime

April 21, 2021

The father of renowned NBA player Michael Jordan went missing for several weeks in the summer of 1993. On Aug. 3, 1993, James Jordan’s dead body was recovered from a swamp in McColl, South Carolina, with a bullet wound in his chest.

With ‘Vanquish’, George Gallo finds a unique take in the action genre

April 21, 2021

When a retired police officer kidnaps the daughter of his caretaker, who used to be a drug courier, he forces her to spend one long night taking out a series of gangsters and collecting cash.

Writer-Director Ryan Spindell on His Short Film Anthology 'The Mortuary Collection'

April 14, 2021

A masterpiece of short stories told through a creepily charismatic mortician in a chilling funeral home. This is The Mortuary Collection, a horror anthology feature about a young woman seeking employment at a hilltop funeral home and becomes captivat...

Honeydew' Filmmaker Devereux Milburn On Balancing Writing and Directing

April 14, 2021

This week, I had the pleasure of interviewing Devereux Milburn, writer and director of the upcoming insanely brilliant horror film, Honeydew, starring Sawyer Spielberg (yes, that Spielberg), and Malin Barr (Top Dog). Honeydew is a one-hour and forty-...

Jakob's Wife' Is one Wild, Feminist, Vampiric Ride of a Horror Flick

April 14, 2021

Jakob’s Wife has the camp quality of a well-worn 1980s' horror you’d rent on VHS so you could either comfort your date or scare the crap out of your friends, and that’s quite intentional. The film stars horror icons Barbara Crampton (known for 1980s'...