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Confront a Computer Troll in Our Exclusive Clip from THE COLUMNIST Anyone whos battled an online troll will be able to relate to our exclusive clip from THE COLUMNIST! In The Columnist, a writer is pushed to the brink of insanity by malicious internet trolls. (I’ve got no idea what that feels like. Nope, not one bit!). Look for the film this Friday (May 7th) via Virtual Cinema, VOD, and Digital. A DVD release will follow on May 11th. Evil, Westworld), confronts a particularly nasty man in o...

Wed like to introduce you to Cutthroat. By Meredith Borders · @xymarla · April 29, 2021, 7:02 PM EDT SCARE US (2021). Were super excited to debut the brand new red-band trailer for Scare Us, a horror anthology out from Falling Flame Pictures. Its scary and clever and thrilling, and we know youll want to take a look: The synopsis: A chilling horror anthology comprising five short stories, penned by an unlikely group of aspiring writers, in Sugarton - a small town plagued b...

Looking for a riveting title to add to the queue? Her Name Is Chef is a new feature documentary that takes a much-needed deep dive into the restaurant industry and the (far too few) women in it. This thought-provoking film highlights six women who are fighting for equality in the mostly male-dominated industry. Built around the story of Pakistani American executive chef Fatima Ali, who died in 2019 from a rare form of cancer, this documentary explores how women are seen in the food-based profe...

How to Watch the 2021 Oscar Nominees in Time for the Oscar Show Get ready to stream! Riz Ahmed ( Promising Young Woman), Andra Day ( The United States vs Billie Holiday) Amazon/Focus Features/Hulu Are you ready for the Oscars? As you know, the 2021 Oscar nominees have been unveiled and the good news is that a lot of movies are already streaming for you to check out right now. The bad news, and honestly its bad news depending on how you look at it, there are a ton of movies to get through. The b...

Sisters With Transistors Documentary Sisters With Transistors film.Photo: Peggy Wells The documentary film Sisters With Transistors tells the untold story of electronic music’s female pioneers; remarkable composers who embraced machines and their liberating technologies to utterly transform how we produce and listen to music today. Clara Rockmore, Daphne Oram, Bebe Barron, Delia Derbyshire, Maryanne Amacher, Pauline Oliveros, Wendy Carlos, Eliane Radigue, Suzanne Ciani, and Laurie Spiegel a...

After a year of enduring shuttered theaters, delayed release dates and countless wasted hours scrolling through obscure streaming titles, audiences in Park City are finally being welcomed back to theaters. Park City Film will be hosing in-person screenings at the Jim Santy auditorium beginning on April 16 with a slate of Oscar-nominated films for audiences to enjoy on the big screen. Though Utah’s mask mandate is expiring on April 10, Park City Film is implementing COVID-safe restrictions and...

Courtesy of Park City Film The wait is over. On April 16, Park City Film will restart its public, in-person weekend and special screenings at the Jim Santy Auditorium, said Executive Director Katharine Wang. “With vaccination rates going up in the county, and seeing theaters in New York and (Los Angeles) opening up, it looked like April would be a time when people would be comfortable coming back to the theaters,” Wang said. Since Feb. 19, Park City Film has presented private, in-person scr...

Courtesy Of Neon JAIL TALES Koné plays a newcomer to a dreaded prison who must spin stories to survive in Lacôtes gritty fable. Our streaming entertainment options are overwhelming — and not always easy to sort through. This week, I watched a prison drama from Ivory Coast that was short-listed for the 2021 Academy Awards. An inventive blend of realism and fable, Night of the Ki...

Review: Two Distant Strangers highlights stellar class of Oscar shorts Oscar-Nominated Short Films program, a favorite on the Detroit Film Theaters annual calendar, unfolds virtually beginning Friday Adam Graham A White cop and a young Black man are caught in an endless cycle of violence in "Two Distant Strangers," an invigorating "Groundhog Day"-style tale with a social justice twist, and one of the highlights of the 2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Films program.  Even in an off year for the Oscar...

SXSW Kicks off Virtual Online Festival The iconic South by Southwest (SXSW) festival is almost entirely virtual this year, streaming content across five channels this week.