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‘L’immensità’ Is A Quiet Coming of Age/Coming Out Story [Sundance Review]

January 28, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

Penelope Cruz plays an idolized housewife contending with familial conflict in trans filmmaker Emanuele Crialese‘s L’immensità.

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Filed Under: Queer Film Reviews, Sundance Tagged With: Emanuele Crialese, LGBT, LGBTQ, Luana Giuliani, penelope cruz, Sundance Film Festival, Vincenzo Amato

‘Cassandro’ Is A Solid Biopic with a Dedicated Lead Performance [Sundance Film Review]

January 24, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

Gael Garcia Bernal as wrestler Cassandro, wearing a snakeskin wrestling outfit and blonde hair

One of the buzzy queer films playing at Sundance is a biopic of trail-blazing gay lucha libre star Cassandro.

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Filed Under: Film Festivals, Queer Film Reviews, Sundance Tagged With: Bad Bunny, David Teague, Gael Garcia Bernal, Raúl Castillo, Roberta Colindrez, Roger Ross Williams, Sundance Film Festival

Jonathan Majors Shines in Messy ‘Magazine Dreams’ [Sundance Film Review]

January 23, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

A nearly naked bodybuilder (Jonathan Majors) posing in profile

An amateur bodybuilder spirals out of control in writer/director Elijah Bynum‘s latest drama, which just premiered at Sundance.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Sundance Tagged With: elijah bynum, haley bennett, harriet sansom harris, Jonathan Majors, Sundance Film Festival

TIFF Review: Kiersey Clemons Shines in True Crime Comedy ‘Susie Searches’

September 10, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A girl with braces and headphones smiling at the camera

A gentle comedic thriller in the spirit of Tragedy Girls, Susie Searches is a true crime tale of a socially awkward aspiring star that features a lot of wry commentary.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Toronto International Film Festival Tagged With: Alex Wolff, David Walton, Isaac Powell, Jim Gaffigan, Ken Marino, Kiersey Clemons, Lisa Tirone King, Rachel Sennott, Sophie Kargman, William Day Frank

‘Watcher’ Is A Beautiful, But Predictable Thriller [Sundance Review]

January 23, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A blonde woman stares throw a wrought iron gate

A woman-in-danger thriller set in a foreign locale? This is catnip!

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Sundance Tagged With: Burn Gorman, Chloe Okuno, Karl Glusman, Maika Monroe, Zack Ford

Riley Stearns’ ‘Dual’ Is A Dark, Wry Cloning Satire [Sundance Review]

January 23, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A red headed woman sits facing her double in a tight enclosed room

What would you do if you had to fight your double to the death in order to survive? That’s the intriguing, albeit deceptive, logline of writer/director Riley Stearns‘ latest film.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Sundance Tagged With: Aaron Paul, Karen Gillan, Riley Stearns, Sundance Film Festival, Theo James

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The 411 on me

I am a freelance film and television journalist based in Toronto, Canada.

Words:
> Bloody Disgusting
> /Film
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> Anatomy of a Scream
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> That Shelf

Podcasts:
> Horror Queers
> Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr

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