By Bears Rebecca Fonte There's an argument to be made that video games and not filmmaking are the true zenith of visual storytelling. With that in mind, I dove into the new documentary PLAYING HARD which follows the production of the video game For Honor through a four-year process from pitch to launch. Giving unprecedented
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I’m not going to suggest that I have any idea what it means to be a Filipino national at…
By Bears Rebecca Fonte The last film I saw for Fantasia was Robert Krzykowski's THE MAN WHO KILLED HITLER AND THEN BIGFOOT and it saved my whole festival. Having watched a number of features big on blood but lacking heart, this Sam Elliott drama shook me by the soul in a way films rarely do.
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This Sunday, August 5th, Alamo Drafthouse’s Rolling Roadshow is teaming up with Warner Bros. Pictures for an exclusive early screening…
What So Not Expands Beautiful Things World TourWith a Pre-Lolapalooza Dallas Stop - Ticket GiveawayBy Paul Salfen An appearance in town by What So Not aka Emoh Instead aka Chris Emerson is a rare thing, but the Australian producer/DJ will deliver a brilliant one at Stereo Live in Dallas on Friday as part of his
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The creatives at Mondo are at it again, this time with a 2-player deck-building card game where you can choose…
Review by Bears Rebecca Fonte Time travel films are absolutely my favorite so I was super pumped to watch the new Mega Time Squad from New Zealand director Tim van Dammen. Johnny (Anton Tennet) is a small-time crook looking to make his own luck. When a job stealing money from a local Chinese gang goes
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By Bears Rebecca Fonte There is no point in the running time that CHAINED FOR LIFE is an easy film. Writer-director Aaron Schimberg fills every minute with a sort of uncomfortable tension that assaults the viewer with their own prejudices. It is a fairly active viewing process that forces the audience to constantly reassess their
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