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Anniversary: Nothing to Celebrate Here, Folks

Anniversary: Nothing to Celebrate Here, Folks

By Chris Knight

ReviewJim SlotekOctober 29, 2025Anniversary, Jan Komasa, Diane Lane, Kyle Chandler, Phoebe Dynevor, American politics, Political thriller, political allegory, DramaComment

Subtraction: Double Trouble for Married Iranian Doppelgängers

Subtraction: Double Trouble for Married Iranian Doppelgängers

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekJune 22, 2023Subtraction, Iranian film, doppelgangers, Mani Haghighi, Amir Reza Koohestani, Taraneh Aidoosti, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Drama, political allegoryComment

It Comes At Night, a haunting film about fear itself

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJune 7, 2017horror, race, political allegory, post-apocalypse