‘Shades of Cosplay’ Brings the Black Cosplay Experience Front and Center
Film director Cheyenne Ewulu directed the 2015 documentary Shades of Cosplay about four Black cosplayers and their experiences during the
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NOC Interview: Reed Shannon is a Voice of the Future
Reed Shannon is the very definition of a performer, and there’s a very good chance you have heard or seen
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‘Nightshooters’ is One of the Best Action Films This Year
The trials and tribulations of indie filmmaking are taken to their absurd, action-y, lengths in Marc Price’s Nightshooter, a story
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‘You Can’t Kill Meme’ is a Genuine Attempt to Pull the Curtain on Meme Magic
Chaos Magic, 4chan, the 2016 election, and Egyptian gods were not the things I ever thought I would experience all
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‘The Advent Calendar’ Proves to be Fun Holiday Horror
Christmas is a wonderful time of year. It’s a moment to reflect on one’s life for the past 12 months
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Daniel Park on Representation and Producing the K-drama, ‘IDOL: The COUP’
Success never comes easy and especially when the odds are stacked against you, but with an authentic voice it can
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‘Alan Wake Remastered’ Brings a Brilliant Cult Classic to a New Generation
It started like a dream. I never thought I would be playing Alan Wake again after 10 years. Most of
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‘Halo Infinite Multiplayer’ and Other Surprises at XBox’s 20th Anniversary Stream
Xbox graced us along with 343 Studios and the rest of Microsoft with some surprise announcements at Xbox’s 20th anniversary
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‘Madres’ Star Ariana Guerra on How Film Can Tell Stories to Inspire Change
Madres is a bit of an enigma as a film. Billed as a horror movie about a Mexican American couple
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‘The Manor’ Director Axelle Carolyn Wants to Know Why Everyone is So Afraid to Grow Old
Axelle Carolyn has been a lover of the horror genre from the beginning of her career. Ever since her jump
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Gigi Saul Guerrero on Campy Horror and Respecting Your Elders in ‘Bingo Hell’
In Bingo Hell, co-writer and director Gigi Saul Guerrero creates a world of horror that harkens to the campiness of
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‘Tales of Arise’ Review: Rising to the Occasion Never Felt So Good
I have spent most of my life playing Japanese role playing games. From the Final Fantasy series to the Shin
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‘Ouija Japan’ Summons Greatness but is Cursed with Being Decent
Something that has always fascinated me in horror movies is that through the sheer bombastic embrace of all things repulsive
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The Haunting History of Vampires and Blackness is Captured in ‘Black as Night’
In the film Black as Night, screenwriter Sherman Payne pens a haunting and alluring tale of vampires and their victims
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Super Smack is Ready to Smash Stereotypes and the Industry with New EP
Super Smack is a Filipino American rapper that has been leveling up in the music game ever since his first
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‘When I’m A Moth’ is Beautiful but Doesn’t Say Anything
Waking from a dream never felt so unfinished as it did when I reached the end credits of When I’m
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‘Language Lessons’ Is A Lesson To Behold
Two people from across different continents use webcams to build a beautiful friendship rooted in understanding each other, both linguistically
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A Beautiful Presidential Conversation w/ Whitney Skauge and Terence Smith
In The Beauty President, Terence Smith retells his ’92 presidential campaign as his drag queen persona Ms. Joan Black in
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‘12 Minutes’ Wasn’t Long Enough to Be Compelling
It has been four days, eight hours, fifty minutes and twenty-nine seconds since I played 12 Minutes and I’ve been
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‘Americanish’ Shines a Heartwarming Light on its Community
Iman Zahawry provides a refreshing and heartwarming romantic comedy centered in a community that is so often ignored in media.
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‘Unapologetic’ is an Unflinching Exploration of Activism
“What is this helping?” is one of the first sentences uttered by a white restaurant patron unsettled in Unapologetic’s first
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‘Nebulous Dark’ Can’t Time Travel Enough to Be a Strong Movie
A nightmare-fueled time-traveling plot unravels in Shahin Sean Solimon’s new film, Nebulous Dark, a sci-fi movie about the world’s last
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‘The Beauty President’ is a Beauty to Behold
As I watched the Pride flag waving as the credits ran at the end of The Beauty President, I remembered
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