Silent Prey ★★★ 1/2 – Micheaux Film Festival 2025

Silent Prey is an absorbing thriller that deftly tackles a multitude of themes. Avan Hardwell’s film does so many things right, and with some powerful performances, it is a film that deserves your time. Raquel ‘Rocky’ Huntley (Misty Monroe) is a Los Angeles attorney whose brother’s suspicious death is not

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Incomplete Chairs ★★★★ Brooklyn Horror Film Festival

Kenichi Ugana’s absurdist Incomplete Chairs is a bloody strike at consumerism and materialism. Fantastically gory from beginning to end and filled with deathly dark comedy, you can’t help but have a fun old time with one. Shinsuke Kujo (Ryu Ichinose) is a chair artist who is trying to figure out

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Violence ★★★★ Brooklyn Horror Film Festival

Violence keeps to its title as we witness a wonderfully relentless, over-the-top assault on the senses from filmmaker Connor Marsden. Who knew we needed a bit of bloody, punk-noir in our lives? Henry Violence (Rohan Campbell), a former drug addict who has become straight-edge and moved on. He has one

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Camp ★★★★ Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2025

Avalon Fast’s Camp is a film that you experience more than watch, and goodness, if it isn’t a wonderfully gorgeous experience in what feels like a constant dreamlike state. Fast knocks it out of the park with her second feature. Emily’s (Zola Grimmer) life has been scarred by tragedy, and

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Anything That Moves ★★★ Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2025

Anything That Moves is a wonderfully horny sex-positive celebration with a delightful Giallo 35mm tinge to it. Writer-director Alex Phillips delivers a fascinating film that is far more vulnerable than you might imagine. Sex worker Liam (Hal Baum) spends his days riding through Chicago delivering snacks and heaven-sent orgasms for

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Abigail Before Beatrice ★★★★ Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2025

Abigail Before Beatrice is as compelling as it is hauntingly affecting and sad. The more Cassie Keet’s excellent film goes on, the closer you get to the edge of your seat. Olivia Taylor Dudley is utterly devastating here as a lost soul desperate to reclaim her sense of belonging. Beatrice

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Tomorrow’s Too Late – ★★★★ 1/2

Tomorrow’s Too Late is a documentary that will become vital viewing for not only young transgender people, but those who want to learn about transitioning. Dyan Holloway’s story is truly inspirational in Terry Loane’s remarkable film. Musician Dylan Holloway, formerly known as Lots Holloway, stepped away from the spotlight during

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My Favorite Murderer ★★★★- HollyShorts Film Festival 2025

Mitzi Akaha is fantastic in the short rom-com horror My Favorite Murderer, a film that nails it in tone, while still leaving you wanting more than the 9-minute runtime allows. Hopeless romantic Gayle (Mitzi Akaha) also loves her some true crime, so much so that her loving boyfriend Cameron (Skyler

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Holy Smokes ★★★★ HollyShorts Film Festival 2025

Holy Smokes is a short film that that refuses to take itself seriously, continually conjuring up hefty laughs for its audience, yet what keeps you watching is the chemistry and performances from leads Galilea La Salvia and Alex Costello. This is one you need to catch. After “sinful” stoner Lauren

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