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Exclusive Interview by Paul Salfen, Text by Christine Thompson for AMFM Magazine At this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, director Mickey Keating swapped his horror playbook for something even more dangerous: a sleek, double-crossing crime thriller that keeps you guessing - and surprisingly rooting for the bad guys. In CROOKS, Faye (Angela Trimbur) and her partner
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Feature drawn from Paul Salfen’s conversation with the rising multi-hyphenate for AMFM Magazine — “The Voice of the Artist” In the gloriously unhinged coming-of-age comedy Cotton Candy Bubble Gum (now available to rent or own on Apple TV, Prime Video, and other digital platforms), 21-year-old Carter is living the ultimate momma’s-boy dream — until his
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Exclusive interview by Paul Salfen, Text by Christine Thompson for AMFM Magazine In an industry that often rewards conventional paths, the mother-daughter creative duo of Natalie Baszile and Hyacinth Parker is proving that complementary instincts, shared passion, and sheer determination can produce something extraordinary. Their documentary HARVEST makes its world premiere in competition at the
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In a near-future where AI promises to erase grief and deliver infinite comfort, HEARTWORM asks the question we can no longer ignore: when escape feels perfect, what happens to our humanity? Written and directed by the husband-and-wife team Miriam Louise Arens and Mitchell Arens, and anchored by a soul-baring, tour-de-force performance from Tony Award-nominated Broadway
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Set against the sun-drenched decadence of a private Mediterranean island in the late 1970s, The Birthday Party unfolds as a tense, emotionally charged family drama where power, secrets, and hidden agendas collide during one lavish 25th birthday celebration. Danish actress Vic Carmen Sonne, in a career-defining turn as Sofia Timoleon,  the sole heiress to an
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At this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, two rising stars sat down with AMFM Magazine’s Paul Salfen to talk about the most fun, most surprising, and most unexpectedly deep project of their careers. SWITCH — the completed eight-episode independent series created by showrunners Isabelle Platt and WGA Award-winner Sofya Levitsky-Weitz — flips the classic “boy meets
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Exclusive interview by Paul Salfen, Text by Christine Thompson for AMFM Magazine In a world facing fertilizer shortages, energy instability, and accelerating climate chaos, a powerful new documentary arrives with both urgent warning and tangible hope. Groundswell — the stirring final chapter of the groundbreaking trilogy that began with Kiss the Ground and Common Ground
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In the vibrant streets of New York, where the precise tuning of a Steinway can unlock far more than melody, TUNER delivers a stylish fusion of romance, drama, and high-stakes heist suspense. Academy Award-winning director Daniel Roher makes his narrative feature debut with this captivating story of a gifted young piano tuner whose extraordinary ear
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Exclusive interview by Paul Salfen, Text by Christine Thompson for AMFM Magazine When the producers of the sweeping historical epic Chief of War set out to tell the story of Hawaiian unification from an authentic indigenous perspective, they needed more than costumes and sets — they needed every frame to feel lived-in, respected, and visually
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