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The Painted Bird Review

JenJuly 12, 2020June 28, 2020

by JenJuly 12, 2020June 28, 20200208

Directed, Screenplay & Produced by Vaclav Marhoul Based on the novel by Jerzy Kosinski Cast: Petr Kotlar, Harvey Keitel, Udo Kier, Barry Pepper, Julian Sands, Stellan Skarsgard Runtime: 169 minutes Language: Slavic Esperanto, German, Russian...

Movie Reviews

Babyteeth Review

JenJune 15, 2020July 21, 2020

by JenJune 15, 2020July 21, 20200170

Director: Shannon Murphy Writer: Rita Kalnejais Cast: Eliza Scanlen, Toby Wallace, Emily Barclay, Eugenes Gilfedder, Essie Davis, Ben Mendelsohn Runtime: 117 min Babyteeth is the coming-of-age story of Milla (Eliza Scanlen), a young girl battling...

Interviews Archive

Interview: Director Ami Canaan Mann’s Love Story On The Rails- ‘Jackie and Ryan’

Chrissy PiccoloJune 28, 2015November 12, 2016

by Chrissy PiccoloJune 28, 2015November 12, 20160199

No stranger to directing after her award-winning flick Texas Killing Fields (2011), Ami Canaan Mann, daughter of legendary director Michael Mann, wrote and directed her new film, Jackie and Ryan. It’s essentially a love story about two...

Interviews Archive

Leah McKendrick, Star and Producer, Talks Up Her Short Film and Movie with Al Pacino, Josh Duhamel

Chrissy PiccoloJune 16, 2015November 12, 2016

by Chrissy PiccoloJune 16, 2015November 12, 20160167

About a year ago, I fell in love with the hip, award-winning webseries Destroy the Alpha Gammas, starring Leah McKendrick who created, wrote and produced the popular series about two feuding sororities. Similar to FOX’s...

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