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    London Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Language Lessons’ 

    by Bethany Lola October 18, 2021
    by Bethany Lola October 18, 2021

    In an era where we’re overwhelmed with features made during quarantine, it’s hard to find a film that strays from the rest and is actually worthwhile watching. While Language Lessons doesn’t necessarily go above and…

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    London Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Compartment No. 6’

    by Bethany Lola October 13, 2021
    by Bethany Lola October 13, 2021

    With 2021’s Cannes Grand Prix win on its back, Compartment No. 6 brings to life a self-reflective, alcohol-filled drama. Establishing an unlikely friendship between a Finnish student and a Russian miner, Laura (Seidi Haarla) and…

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    TIFF 2021 in Review

    by Brennan Dubé September 26, 2021
    by Brennan Dubé September 26, 2021

    The 2021 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival offered numerous different avenues for movie watching. Audiences and critics alike got to experience the newest in film at the theaters, online, and even at several…

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  • ReviewsScience Fiction

    Fantasia Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Tiong Bahru Social Club’

    by Bethany Lola August 21, 2021
    by Bethany Lola August 21, 2021

    Through extremely stylized Art Deco sets, and cinematography comparable to Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, Tiong Bahru Social Club is an extraordinary watch. Straight from Singapore’s own Bee Thiam Tan, we are thrown into a…

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    SXSW Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘See You Then’

    by Nick Kush March 28, 2021
    by Nick Kush March 28, 2021

    I love a good walk-and-talk movie. Especially in a time when the most popular films are often heavy on plot, their relatively formless presentation can act as a nice palate cleanser while still showcasing plenty…

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    SXSW Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Women Is Losers’

    by Nick Kush March 16, 2021
    by Nick Kush March 16, 2021

    Women Is Losers makes itself loud and clear in its opening scene. Rushing out her front door with her baby in tow, Celina (Lorenza Izzo) is in a shouting match with her cheating husband Mateo (Bryan…

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  • DocumentaryReviews

    Jewish International Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘They Call Me Dr. Miami’

    by Bethany Lola February 23, 2021
    by Bethany Lola February 23, 2021

    When the opportunity arose to watch They Call Me Dr. Miami, I jumped on it faster than a half-price BBL. Dr. Miami has always been one of the most fascinating people on the internet to…

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    Sundance 2021 Megapod!

    by Nick Kush February 16, 2021
    by Nick Kush February 16, 2021

    Sundance 2021 is in the books, and although none of us could make the trip to Park City, UT this year, the festival still provided for some highly memorable moments. (Not to mention some surprisingly…

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  • DocumentaryReviews

    International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021 Review: ‘The Witches of the Orient’

    by Liam Trump February 10, 2021
    by Liam Trump February 10, 2021

    Sports movies can provide great insight into foreign cultures. Almost every country in the world weaves sports into its culture to some degree, even relying on them greatly to present a strong national image to…

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  • DocumentaryReviews

    International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021 Review: ‘Archipelago’

    by Liam Trump February 7, 2021
    by Liam Trump February 7, 2021

    Animation is a powerful tool in a filmmaker’s arsenal. Sure, many of the most popular and successful animated films are under the ‘kids’ movies’ banner, but there are many which take on thought-provoking, introspective ideas.…

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    International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021 Review: ‘Landscapes of Resistance’

    by Liam Trump February 7, 2021
    by Liam Trump February 7, 2021

    Creating an intimate documentary that goes deep into an individual’s backstory can be one of the most difficult types of film to do right. The level of intimacy necessary can be difficult to capture and dip…

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  • ComedyReviews

    Sundance Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Mother Schmuckers’

    by Nick Kush January 31, 2021
    by Nick Kush January 31, 2021

    After watching two idiots attempting to pan sear their own shit and feed it to their mother in the opening scene of Mother Schmuckers, I have concluded that Cinema is now dead. I’m bracing for…

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  • HorrorReviews

    Sundance Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Eight for Silver’

    by Spencer Henderson January 31, 2021
    by Spencer Henderson January 31, 2021

    I should be straight up at the top of this review and say that horror is my favorite genre; I have always really loved werewolf films, I’m a sucker for gothic horror (Crimson Peak is…

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  • DramaReviews

    Sundance Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Human Factors’

    by Nick Kush January 29, 2021
    by Nick Kush January 29, 2021

    Human Factors begins on a rather ominous note: the camera slowly makes its way around the downstairs of Nina and Jan’s (Sabine Timoteo and Mark Waschke) vacation home as they and their kids, Max and…

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    Denver Film Festival 2020 Review: ‘Undine’

    by Nick Kush November 10, 2020
    by Nick Kush November 10, 2020

    What happens when you mix threads of The Shape of Water with economic European storytelling and pervasive sadness? You probably get something like Christian Petzold’s Undine, an update of the European mythology in which a…

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    Denver Film Festival 2020 Review: ‘Ema’

    by Nick Kush November 9, 2020
    by Nick Kush November 9, 2020

    Pablo Larraín begins Ema with an indelible image: fire engulfs a traffic light in the middle of a street, slowly making its way down from the red light to the green light with the titular…

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  • Another Bloody Movie PodcastPodcasts

    An Interview with Paul Komadina, Director of ‘Abduction’

    by Sean Coates October 30, 2020
    by Sean Coates October 30, 2020

    Recently screened online at North Bend Film Fest as part of Nightstream, Abduction is a new Australian science fiction short from director, Paul Komadina. The film follows a young woman that wakes up in a field after…

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  • DramaReviews

    Middleburg Film Festival 2020 Review: ‘One Night in Miami’

    by Nick Kush October 29, 2020
    by Nick Kush October 29, 2020

    Regina King makes everything better, doesn’t she? Lately, she’s been on another level, winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her beautiful performance in Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk and quickly moving on…

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  • DocumentaryReviews

    Middleburg Film Festival 2020 Review: ‘Assassins’

    by Nick Kush October 28, 2020
    by Nick Kush October 28, 2020

    On February 13th, 2017, Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of Kim Jong-un, was assassinated at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia after being attacked with the VX nerve agent, an extremely toxic chemical that has…

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  • Features

    Nightstream – A Sneak Peak into a New Online Genre Film Festival

    by Sean Coates October 3, 2020
    by Sean Coates October 3, 2020

    The Global Film community has been hit hard by COVID-19. Productions stalled, cinemas closed, release dates postponed. Even as cinemas are now gradually starting to reopen, several safety and security concerns with physical exhibition still…

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  • DramaReviews

    Fantasia Film Festival 2020 Review: ‘PVT Chat’

    by Nick Kush September 4, 2020
    by Nick Kush September 4, 2020

    I’ve learned something about myself over the last few years: I have a serious soft spot for grimy, street-level New York City movies. (“It’s almost another character in the movie!”) Anyone who frequents this website…

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    Fantasia Film Festival 2020 Wrap-Up!

    by Nick Kush September 2, 2020
    by Nick Kush September 2, 2020

    One of the few silver linings of the COVID-19 pandemic is the increased flexibility in covering film festivals all over the globe, which gave MovieBabble the wonderful opportunity to cover the Fantasia Film Festival for…

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  • Another Bloody Movie PodcastPodcasts

    Fantasia Film Festival 2020: An Interview with Quinn Armstrong, Director of ‘Survival Skills’

    by Sean Coates September 1, 2020
    by Sean Coates September 1, 2020

    Quinn Armstrong’s Survival Skills has proved to be an audience favorite at this year’s Fantasia Film Festival. A parody of police training videos of the 1980s,  Armstrong’s film delves deeper into the outmoded teachings of these…

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  • DramaReviews

    Fantasia Film Festival 2020 Review: ‘The Travelling Cat Chronicles’

    by Nick Kush August 17, 2020
    by Nick Kush August 17, 2020

    If you name your movie, “The Travelling Cat Chronicles”, you immediately have my attention. Just think of all the possibilities for a movie with that title! (Also, cats!!!) Although, the actual material isn’t as zany…

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  • MovieBabble Theater

    ‘Runon’ by Daniel Kaufman

    by The MovieBabble Staff August 15, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff August 15, 2020

    All Luke and his mom have are two garbage bags full of clothes, and two tickets out of town on the midnight Greyhound. Like he’s assembling a puzzle, Luke has to figure out the why…

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  • DramaReviews

    MIFF 2020 Review: ‘Anne at 13,000 ft’

    by Sean Coates August 7, 2020
    by Sean Coates August 7, 2020

    There’s something about micro-budget, social realist, mumblecore adjacent independent films with an emphasis on naturalism and a kind empathy for deeply flawed and troubled characters that feels so invigorating. Canadian director, Kazik Radwanski’s deeply uncomfortable…

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  • DocumentaryReviews

    2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival: Virtual Edition Mini-Reviews – Part 2

    by Sean Coates July 15, 2020
    by Sean Coates July 15, 2020

    Read part 1 of our 2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival coverage here. The Wheels of Wonder Play is a very important aspect of every child’s development. It gets them moving, stimulates their imagination, and helps…

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  • MovieBabble Theater

    ‘Crude Oil’ by Christopher Good

    by The MovieBabble Staff April 28, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff April 28, 2020

    Jenny breaks free from a toxic friendship and learns to harness her magical, useless superpower.   Nick Kush: Crude Oil is such a delightfully silly and experimental short film that labeling it as “quirky” doesn’t do…

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  • ReviewsShorts

    2019 Denver Film Festival Short Film Reviews

    by Alessandro Louly November 16, 2019
    by Alessandro Louly November 16, 2019

    Here are some reviews for a few short films featured at the 2019 Denver Film Festival: How to Breathe in Kern County In Kern County, the workday has begun. Fruit pickers harvest the lush red…

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  • ComedyReviews

    Watching ‘Man Camp’ Without Expectations

    by Patricia Henderson November 15, 2019
    by Patricia Henderson November 15, 2019

    Most of us have had this happen. You see an impressive trailer or hear people rave about how good a movie is. You have to see this movie! More often than not, when you finally do,…

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