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A darling of the festival circuit, this is one trippy trailer.

OK, with most theaters closed and major studios pulling everything from their release slate, this has been the Summer of Indie Outfits, none shining more brightly than IFC. “The Wretched” has owned the box office, and “The Trip to Greece” … Continue reading →

“Ode to Passion” — the title bespeaks heightened romance, lofty ambition and poesy. And in Jack Danani’s musical with rhyming dialogue, that’s truth in advertising. There’s something more than a little mad in trying to tell a modern romance, in … Continue reading →

Migrant lives matter in the Naga-Indian dramedy “Axone,” a tale of what a minority community goes through just to pull off a last minute wedding, and party, In New Dehli. They’re young people who have come to the big city … Continue reading →

Malcolm McDowell is the big crime boss, Ron Perlman is the resident badass. Looks rough and tumble.

Imagine growing up in working class South Jersey, struggling with your sexuality in  a world of blue collar jobs, gun clubs, plentiful alcohol and classic rock. Imagine realizing that “gay” wasn’t going to cut it for you, that you didn’t … Continue reading →

Best friend Alice comforts her British stand-up comic pal Henrietta, “Henri,” the heroine of “Daddy Issues,” with one lie. But it’s such whopper that it the whole movie spirals down the drain with it. “Aww, Henri,” she says, “You’re ALWAYS … Continue reading →

Little known cast, daffy fairytale premise, a guy so pretty people drop dead at the sight of him. Did they try to get Timothee Chalamet?

Dan Myrick, co-director of “The Blair Witch Project” is behind this docu/mocku thriller, headed to a drive in bed you. And me.

Once you’ve noticed them — parked after-hours in a big box store parking lot, tucked under a bridge — you can’t stop seeing them. The car, truck or van windows are covered with sun shields, or just cardboard. The windows … Continue reading →