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‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ Trailer: Cooper Raiff’s Charming Sophomore Dramedy With Dakota Johnson Hits Apple TV+ On June 17

May 12, 2022 10:00 am

Is Cooper Raiff the Millenial Richard Linklater? It's a little too early to tell (and no one is anyone's anything when it comes to those kinds of comparisons), but Raiff is without a doubt a filmmaker to watc...

‘The Trashers’: David Harbour & Director Cooper Raiff Team For Crime Drama Chronicling Rise & Fall Of Jimmy Galante

Christopher Marc

April 26, 2022 12:39 pm

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Actor David Harbour has been having a moment, taking a role in last year's Marvel flick "Black Widow," and returning for the fourth season of the hit Netflix series "Stranger Things" next month. The veteran ac...

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Cooper Raiff Talks ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ & How Dakota Johnson Was Like A Co-Director [Sundance Interview]

Tomris Laffly

January 26, 2022 1:08 pm

Festivals, Interviews, News

At first glance, actor-writer-director Cooper Raiff’s “Cha Cha Real Smooth” might look like your typical cutesy and whimsical Sundance dramedy, about a twenty-something college graduate learning a valuable lif...

‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ Review: Cooper Raiff Gets The Party Started In His Super-Charming, Bittersweet Sophomore Drama [Sundance]

Rodrigo Perez

January 23, 2022 8:25 pm

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

In 2020, the SXSW Film Festival was taken by storm by 23-year-old wunderkind filmmaker Cooper Raiff, who starred in, wrote, and directed “S#!%house,” a disarmingly funny and tender coming-of-age story about th...

Cooper Raiff Will Direct And Star Alongside Dakota Johnson In “Cha Cha Real Smooth”

Rafael Motamayor

March 13, 2021 2:00 pm

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After his debut feature, "Shithouse," won the Grand Jury Prize at last year's SXSW festival, Cooper Raiff is getting ready for his next endeavor, and he's got some great company. It's been reported that Dakota...

‘Shithouse’ Trailer: Cooper Raiff’s SXSW Award-Winning Debut Arrives Next Month

Charles Barfield

September 2, 2020 12:26 pm

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If you judge life based solely on films, people really don’t ever figure themselves out. It would seem that every major phase of a person’s life is filled with awkward, cringey moments that haunt you forever. ...

‘Shithouse’: SXSW Grand Jury Winner Is A Romance That Sadly Skews One Direction [Review]

Matthew Monagle

March 26, 2020 2:52 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Please Note: “Shithouse” was originally scheduled to premiere at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival. With the express consent of the representatives of the filmmakers, we present the review of the...

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