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‘Moon Knight’ Review: Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke & Fascinating Ideas Of Fractured Identity Only Take Marvel So Far

March 29, 2022 9:00 am

While a fascinating idea of hero as unreliable narrator lies within, encouraged by intriguing notions of mental health issues, there are frustrating elements to the new series “Moon Knight” that begs the quest...

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‘Something In The Dirt’: Benson & Moorhead Talk Their Trippy, “Down The Rabbit Hole” Film, ‘Moon Knight’ & More [Sundance]

Rodrigo Perez

January 26, 2022 2:51 pm

Festivals, Interviews, News

Directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead go way down the rabbit hole in their new film, “Something In The Dirt,” one of the big standout films from the Sundance Film Festival. A pandemic brainchild of necess...

Listen: An Album Leaf Soundtrack Cut From Benson & Moorhead’s Sundance Film ‘Something In The Dirt’ [Exclusive]

Rodrigo Perez

January 24, 2022 3:17 pm

News, Video

As you’ve hopefully heard by now (and read our review), the Sundance film “Something In The Dirt” is a big hit. From filmmakers Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, who I like to describe as DIY versions of Chris...

‘Something In The Dirt’ Review: Benson & Moorhead Land A Darkly Funny Sci-Fi Gem About Galaxy-Brained Paranoia & Conspiracies [Sundance]

Jason Bailey

January 23, 2022 5:00 pm

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead work in such a specific, sui generis key and style, producing such exciting results on a small scale, that it’s genuinely shocking they haven’t been sw...

Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead’s New Feature, ‘Something In The Dirt,’ Will Be The First Release From XYZ Films

Charles Barfield

June 22, 2021 12:37 pm

News

When indie production companies begin to work in the distribution space, it’s important for them to launch with something great. And for XYZ Films, the company is setting its first feature distribution to be t...

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The 14 Best Movies To Buy Or Stream This Week: ‘Synchronic,’ ‘Memories of Murder,’ ‘Nomadland’ & More

Jason Bailey

April 27, 2021 2:40 pm

News

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a spla...

‘Synchronic’ Filmmakers Urge People To Avoid Going To Indoor Cinemas To Watch Their Film

Charles Barfield

September 14, 2020 11:20 am

Box Office, News

Judging by the box office results of “Tenet” thus far, it is clear that now is not the time to release a blockbuster film. However, with the rise of drive-ins and the lack of major studio fare (up until recent...

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Jordan Peele’s ‘Twilight Zone’ Season 2 To Feature Episodes Directed By Ana Lily Amirpour, Osgood Perkins & More

Charles Barfield

May 4, 2020 1:22 pm

News, Television

Though it might not have been the earth-shattering series that CBS All Access hoped for (the platform is apparently keeping the lights on thanks to its various 'Star Trek' series), Jordan Peele’s reboot of “Th...

Moorhead & Benson’s ‘SYNCHRONIC’ Is Egghead Indie Sci-Fi At Its Best [TIFF Review]

Jason Bailey

September 7, 2019 7:18 pm

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

Directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead conduct a clever act of stylistic sleight of hand in their new thriller, “SYNCHRONIC.” Though narrative pieces are set into place in its early sections, the picture se...

Benson & Moorhead’s ‘The Endless’ Is An Ambitious, Original Horror Pic [BFI London Film Fest Review]

Oliver Lyttelton

October 14, 2017 1:13 pm

Festivals, Reviews

It’s been an incredibly exciting half-decade or so in terms of the emergence of new horror directors. It seems barely a month or two goes by without some immensely talented filmmaker emerging from the genre and...

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