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FACES OF DEATH: New Film Faces “Controversy” Over In-Theater Poster Placement

FACES OF DEATH: New Film Faces “Controversy” Over In-Theater Poster Placement

Up front, I am leary of anything deemed “controversial” withing the horror space these days.    However, since there is no such thing as bad press (unless you’re being called out for being an asshole to women, children and animals, then fuck you, fire away!) this drummed up “controversy” over in-theater promotional material for the new Faces of Death is the next one, fabricated out of thin air to get bums in seats on opening weekend.    This time Discussing Film agreed to help out…    Now, the film’s promotional rollout has hit another obstacle, this time in physical spaces. According to newly surfaced materials, theatrical “1-sheet” posters for Faces of Death have been officially rejected for in-theater placement, with regulators citing imagery that is…

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SXSW 2026 Review: DRAG, Lizzy Caplan Shines As A Would-Be Thief Felled By A Bad Back

Sometimes it feels good to fuck over someone who has wronged you, but sometimes it turns out to be a terrible mistake. In the case of first-time feature writer/directors Raviv Ullman and Greg Yagolnitzer’s Drag, Lizzy Caplan and her movie sister, Lucy DeVito, find themselves firmly in the latter camp when Caplan throws her back out immediately after breaking into a shitty man’s house to liberate his valuables as payback for a rather nebulous transgression committed against her. When we first meet the unnamed duo of Caplan and DeVito they are sitting outside of a rather ostentatious modernist home getting ready to do the job. The plan is for Caplan to break in and grab whatever she can, while DeVito stays ready as the getaway…

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SXSW 2026: WISHFUL THINKING, SUMMER 2000: THE X-CTRA STORY, and More Jury and Special Awards

SXSW 2026: WISHFUL THINKING, SUMMER 2000: THE X-CTRA STORY, and More Jury and Special Awards

The 2026 edition of the SXSW Film & TV Festival concluded yesterday and has now announced their Jury and Special Award winners. Graham Parkes’ Wishful Thinking won the Narrative Feature Competition. As I noted in our curtain raiser: “Maya Hawkes and Lewis Pullman star as a couple on the verge of breaking up when they attend a couples-therapy seminar. Somehow, after that, the state of their relationship begins affecting the world around them on a monumental scale. This is a clever premise that twists into something that is awesome, smart, and very, very funny.” Ayden Mayeri’s Summer 2000: The X-Cetra Story won the Documentary Feature Competition. In my review, I noted: “it’s a film that examines longtime friendships from all angles. I think it’s true…

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Thessaloniki 2026 Review: CANDIDATES OF DEATH, Homemade Horror from Poland

Thessaloniki 2026 Review: CANDIDATES OF DEATH, Homemade Horror from Poland

A long-term experiment in filmmaking, Candidates of Death started almost 20 years ago when documentarian Maciej Cuske took his son Stasiu and his friends Rafal and Adrian on a vacation. Friends since kindergarten, the three youths were fans of horror movies. During the vacation, Cuske encourages them to make their own horror film, starting a tradition they will continue over the years in a dozen iterations of Candidates of Death. A quick montage covers the friends’ efforts. An evil grandmother. Zombies. A monster in a blue mask. Clearly amateur work, but made with enthusiasm. Outtakes and behind the scenes material show how much fun everyone is having. In the present, Stasiu and Rafal relax on bunk beds in a camper, waiting for Adrian and Cuske…

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