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Portland Horror Film Festival Reveals Its 2025 Edition

Oregon’s Portland Horror Film Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, and boasts both in-person theatrical and virtual versions. As a judge for the festival, I have seen several of the selected features and shorts for this year’s...

Spoiler-Free Review: ANIMALE (Jeonju International Film Festival) 

Official synopsis: Camargue, France — a region renowned for its traditional bull race, a breathtaking display of agility and mutual respect between man and beast. Amid a world dominated by men, 22-year-old Nejma trains relentlessly to achieve her...

Spoiler-Free Review: GRANDMA (TETA) (The 32nd New York African Film Festival) 

Official synopsis: While living in isolation, Mona (Mona Hala) and her young son Mickey (Shams Mohamed) await the birth of a new baby while still carrying the weight of the boy’s grandma’s recent death. When her son begins listening to her pregnant...

Spoiler-Free Reviews: THE BLACK HOLE, VAMPIRE ZOMBIES . . . FROM SPACE! and LUNATIC: THE LUNA VACHON STORY (Calgary Underground Film Festival 2025) 

The Black Hole (Must Auk; Finland/Estonia, 2024) Official synopsis: Residents of an apartment block district long for a better life, but when a black hole appears mysteriously in a lilac bush, they have to face aliens, a giant spider and an...