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In the Mood for Sex and Love

Writer, co-director (with Benjamin Feuer) and star Stephanie Sellars deserves kudos for attempting to infuse some fresh sexual energy...

‘Lotawana’ is a well crafted labor of love

Trevor Hawkins’ impressive first feature is as lush and laconic as the sunsets from the sailboat that Forrest (Todd Blubaugh) calls home....

A Cabin in the Woods Provides Chills in ‘Outlier’

The simple premise of “Outlier” is a woman held hostage by a psychopath who seems convinced he’s helping her. Director Nick Strayer, who...

‘The Last Days of Capitalism’: Who’s the Boss?

As the title suggests, writer/director Adam Mervis is aiming for more complexity in this film than its surface simplicity suggests. It’s...

Contrivances Abound But Don’t ‘Overrun’ Action

The action thriller “Overrun” opens with a violent scene: a botched crime leaves two men brutalized by Russian mob operatives. Director...

‘We Rise Up’ Urges Expansive View of Humanity

“We Rise Up” aims high. The documentary states at the start that it’s not a film that wants viewers to sit back but instead to lean...

Four Tales from the Dark Side

Four short films linked by macabre twists make up “Fever Dreams,” a trip to the spooky side that’s more “Twilight Zone" than “Nightmare...

‘The Way' Points to Path Without Preaching

This unusual and intriguing prison drama combines action with a powerful social and spiritual component. “The Way” doesn’t lead viewers...

Hello, Kitties

Young women eagerly carrying and then giving birth to kittens is such a bonkers idea for a movie that one might expect a sci-fi mutant...

‘Orphans’ Has All the Right Moves

A feel-good underdog movie if ever there was one. “12 Mighty Orphans” tells the little-known (at least to me and I suspect others)...

Finding the way back in powerful "Steps"

Rob Morgan, an actor whose extraordinary empathy has enhanced such diverse films as “Mudbound,” “Bull” and “The United States vs. Billie...

Finding Their Religion

“Parallel Love: The Story of a Band Called Luxury” chronicles the rise and brief glory of an indie punk/rock band that many cinephiles...

‘The Penny Black’ is an intriguing true crime doc

This intriguing documentary by William Joe Saunders and Alexander Greer take a pretty arcane subject — rare postage stamps — and turns it...

Lives are Touched by an Angel in 'My True Fairytale'

There is grief throughout the poignant “My True Fairytale” but there’s hope and inspiration, too. Writer/director D.Mitry based this...

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