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    ‘The Odyssey’ Review: Is Christopher Nolan’s Epic Worth the Hype?

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    deadCenter 2024 Essays Film Festivals

    Cricket Is a Beautiful Symphony of Tragedy and Triumph – dCFF24

    June 13, 2024
    Skye Dakota Turn and Carlos Leal in Cricket, which screened at the 2024 deadCenter Film Festival.

    Music has the power to connect us. To comfort us. And ultimately, to help us heal. This is the thesis of Richard Janes’ Cricket, a touching film about finding triumph through tragedy. It also features a striking lead performance courtesy of Skye Dakota Turner (Respect).

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    Deonna Marie Sings the Sounds of Cricket’s Songwriting at deadCenter 2024

    June 12, 2024
    Cricket Movie
    Deonna Marie joins The Cinematic Schematic at deadCenter 2024 to discuss her work as vocal coach on the new Richard Janes movie, Cricket.

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    deadCenter 2024 Essays

    The deadCenter Love, Sex, & Death Shorts Celebrate Every Stage of Life – dCFF24

    June 12, 2024
    A young girl discovers her dead grandfather in "Jedo's Dead," which screened with the 2024 deadCenter Love, Sex, & Death Shorts.
    Daniel Bokemper reviews the 2024 deadCenter Love, Sex, & Death Shorts, which features seven emotionally powerful short films.

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    deadCenter 2024 Essays Film Festivals

    Smoking Tigers Is a Cinematic Exploration of Teen Angst – dCFF24

    June 12, 2024
    Ji-young Yoo and Erin Yoo in Smoking Tigers (2023)
    Smoking Tigers is a coming-of-age drama that captures the journey of adolescence with poignant cinematography and nuanced performances. Read Jo Light's review from deadCenter 2024.

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    deadCenter 2024 Film Festivals

    Wild Goat Surf Is dCFF24’s Most Poignant Coming-of-Age Drama

    June 11, 2024
    Shayelin Martin and Leandro Guedes in Wild Goat Surf (2023)

    Wild Goat Surf is a heartfelt coming-of-age drama following its titular character, Goat, during the summer of 2003 in a rundown Canadian RV park. Goat is a surf-obsessed, 12-year-old skater girl, daughter to struggling single mom Jane. During these unstructured, sun-soaked days of youth, Goat navigates the…

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    deadCenter 2024 Featured Interviews The Cinematic Schematic

    Paul Sparks Returns to Oklahoma, A Land of Growing Opportunities for deadCenter 2024

    June 11, 2024
    Paul Sparks
    deadCenter 2024 ICON Award-Winner Paul Sparks joins The Cinematic Schematic from deadCenter 2024 to discuss revisiting Oklahoma, the upcoming film The Bikeriders, and what it means to be an artist committed to the pursuit of storytelling.

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    deadCenter 2024 Essays

    Stories Too Big for Cinema Unfold in the deadCenter Episodics – dCFF24

    June 11, 2024
    Adam Narimatsu in Nathan Colby's Body Snatchers, a tv pilot that screened at the 2024 deadCenter film festival.

    The 2024 deadCenter Episodics Showcase Genre-Defying Pilots

    Every great show starts somewhere. This year’s deadCenter Episodics features short films that allude to long-form narratives that demand to be told. This year’s collection of distinct and compelling pilots includes four genre-defying entries…

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    deadCenter 2024 Essays Film Festivals

    La Singla Documentary Presents a Mystery Wrapped in Passion and Pain – dCFF24

    June 10, 2024
    La Singla

    2024 deadCenter Film Festival Best Documentary Feature winner La Singla tells the story of Antonia Singla, a born-deaf Romani from Spain. As a teenager in the 1960s, she was one of the most celebrated flamenco dancers in the world. But as quickly as her stardom rose,…

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    OKC Mayor David Holt Weighs In on Thriving Film Industry at deadCenter 2024

    June 10, 2024
    OKC Mayor David Holt
    OKC Mayor David Holt joins The Cinematic Schematic from the 2024 deadCenter Film Festival to discuss its overall impact on the state of Oklahoma and OKC's growing film industry.

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    deadCenter 2024 Essays

    Saucedo Documentary Captures the Aftermath of a Meteoric Rise – dCFF24

    June 10, 2024
    Alex Saucedo, the subject of Emmett Berg's Saucedo, which premiered at the 2024 deadCenter Film Festival.

    On his way to Tulsa, Oklahoma for his last appearance on ESPN’s Top Rank, former boxer Alex Saucedo begs a question as emotional as it is existential: What does he do with the fighter that still lives inside of him? Emmett Berg’s Saucedo traces that “what”…

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