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The Painted Bird Review

JenJuly 12, 2020June 14, 2022

by Jen

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...

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Babyteeth Review

JenJune 15, 2020June 14, 2022

by Jen

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, 2015June 14, 2022

by Chrissy Piccolo

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...

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

Chrissy PiccoloJune 16, 2015June 14, 2022

by Chrissy Piccolo

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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