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Calgary Underground 2026 Review: BAGWORM, Visually Excoriates Modern Masculine Isolation

Calgary Underground 2026 Review: BAGWORM, Visually Excoriates Modern Masculine Isolation

A man should have his house in order.   Carroll’s house is most definitely not in order. He appears to be living in a burned out shell of a structure with the roof about to fall down on him.Seeing how nobody else in Bagworm acknowledges this fact, it is probably a metaphor. But it is a good one in a film that wears its images and ideas loudly on its dirty sleeve.   Carroll has issues with women. He is seen early in the film thoughtlessly speed-swiping right on Tinder. Later, he unpleasantly scolds the date that he does land for what she orders at the restaurant. He doctors photos of himself, violates privacy boundaries, and is a compulsive liar. He even steals his internet….

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Calgary Underground 2026 Review: HANGASHORE, Oblique Foggy Nightmare

Calgary Underground 2026 Review: HANGASHORE, Oblique Foggy Nightmare

When sailors or fishermen head out to sea, they do not wish to hear their family say goodbye out of a fear of not coming home.   There is no whistling at sea, for fear of conjuring up a storm. Having a woman on board unnecessarily could anger the sea, causing treacherous conditions as revenge. Enter Justin Oakey’s Hangashore, an unsettling film that blends genre and narrative and landscape in challenging, often indirect, ways. On one hand, it is a character drama and low-key courtship, set against the stressful nature of working a small-crew fishing boat in 21st century rural Newfoundland. On the other hand, there is a foreboding old-world ghost story lost in fog and dreams and intuition. There is a rugged tug of…

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Calgary Underground 2026 Review: LITTLE DOORS, A Tentative Dance Around Trust

Calgary Underground 2026 Review: LITTLE DOORS, A Tentative Dance Around Trust

“Things never got so bleak that I took up a hobby.”   This sums up the world of Little Doors. The country is in a kind of ‘soft apocalypse’ where the big city may be on fire, and things are likely coming to the end of society, just very slowly. There is still time to have too much free time. A woman squatting in a large, unfurnished house (a lamp, a radio, a plastic patio chair, and a lot of hardwood and windows) on the far edge of the city, scavenges about the empty streets. Somehow, she manages to hire a locksmith to open some of the extra rooms that the previous owner locked before they left, not that she really needs them. Shy, but…

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Echoes: As Global Studios Continue to Dominate at CinemaCon 2026, Where Do Mid-Budget Films Fit?

Echoes: As Global Studios Continue to Dominate at CinemaCon 2026, Where Do Mid-Budget Films Fit?

It is a paradox in itself: on one hand, we have seen the biggest titles fall under Warner Bros.’ distribution wing at CinemaCon 2026, and on the other hand, we have seen several smaller players step into the spotlight. At the same time, it’s giving the industry an identity crisis; blockbusters are loud, but the demand for new, offbeat stories isn’t going anywhere. Everyone is already pumped to see how Final Destination 7 takes shape and how death becomes more creative in choosing its next victims, following Warner Bros.’ massive box-office success with Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025). Digger is already making a splash with its intrigue-filled storyline. The Ocean’s 11 prequel is making noise due to casting hype, speculation, and the possibility of reinventing the…

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