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We’re always on the lookout for any Indigenous genre projects from anywhere around the World, but specifically here in Canada and Turtle Island. When news of a teen sci-fi called Dream Walker from Algonquin filmmaker Sarah Kelley crossed our desk we knew we had to share it with you.   … Finley Green embarks on a perilous journey to find her mother, navigating the turbulence of foster care and betrayal. Arriving in the misty town of Oceanside, Oregon, she forms a fragile bond with her roommate Charlotte, and is drawn to the charming but deceptive Jude. Just as she begins to hope for a brighter future, Jude’s betrayal shatters her world—he drugs her and delivers her to The Foundation, where teens with extraordinary abilities are held against…

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Given how the Marvel stranglehold on entertainment has been loosened as of late, it can be hard for fans to know what to expect from a current Marvel film. It’s become clear that having to be an expert across multiple stories and platforms is no longer accetable to many people (as it shouldn’t be, people only have so many hours in the day and very few want to devote all their entertainment time and money to the company); and yet, some knowledge is going to be necessary, especially in sequels. But can someone still be entertained, even within these limitations? Venom: The Last Dance does its best to keep its audience entertained in its little corner of the Marvel Universe, and for the most part,…

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When Daisy Ridley (Sometimes I Think About Dying, The Marsh King’s Daughter, the Star Wars sequel trilogy) last appeared on screen in Young Woman and the Sea earlier this year, she was literally and figuratively swimming for her life. She’s no longer swimming or anywhere near a large body of water in her latest film, Magpie, but her character, Anette, isn’t far from drowning metaphorically if not in real — or rather, reel — life. As scripted with surprising, not entirely unwelcome, bluntness by screenwriter Tom Bateman’s (Ridley’s real-life husband), Anette fails into a familiar category, the woman on the verge of a public and/or private breakdown, of letting slip the thin veneer of societal norms, asserting her singular agency, and acting/reacting against those norms,…

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By all accounts the premiere of Izzy Lee’s debut supernatural and topical horror flick, House of Ashes, was a rip-roaring success. Word from our friend and fellow Anarchist, Lee, is that the screening at Brooklyn Horror went very well. No one left after the screening and stuck around for a Q&A that spilled out into the lobby of the cinema after their time was up. Reviews are coming in hot – far more eloquent than mine – and the love is real.    Our mission today is two-fold. One, Izzy gave us an exclusive clip to share with you today. Two, remind everyone else on the festival circuit and for distributors out there who you should talk to if you want a slice of this…

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