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‘The Drama’ Is a Provocative but Necessary Conversation Starter
April 15, 2026
‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Is A Big Nostalgia Sugar Bomb
April 1, 2026
‘Project Hail Mary’ Believes There Is Still Hope for Mankind
March 31, 2026
‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come’ Serves Up More Eat-the-Rich Chaos
March 25, 2026
‘The Thrilling Adventure of Amos Waters’ Goes to NFFTY26
March 24, 2026
Reminders of Him: Bonus Mini-Review
March 13, 2026
The 2026 Oscars Predictions Special
March 11, 2026
Project Hail Mary Initial Review
March 10, 2026
‘Scream 7’ Is a Tired Entry That Plays the Hits
March 4, 2026
How to Make a Killing: Bonus Mini-Review
February 19, 2026

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Jurassic World: Dominion – The Cinematic Schematic Review

June 23, 2022

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…Your Scientists Were So Preoccupied With Whether Or Not They Could, They Didn’t Stop To Think If They Should.
Ian Malcom, Jurassic Park

When looking back on the experience of watching Jurassic World: Dominion the words of the…

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The Cinematropolis deadCenter 2022 Recap

June 17, 2022

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After more than 140 films screened, ten filmmaker podcast interviews, and more than a dozen written essays, The Cinematropolis deadCenter 2022 coverage comes to a close in today’s final festival episode of The Cinematic Schematic looking back at the highlights from the festival from the…

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Furloughed Film Talks Returns to deadCenter – dCFF22

June 16, 2022

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One of the unexpected outcomes of the pandemic was the way people quickly connected across the globe via the internet. Through those remote connections, real-world relationships were built. With this year’s deadCenter returning to the entirely in-person experience, filmmakers and film lovers from across the country traveled…

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Piggy Presents A More Nuanced Depiction Of Bullying In Horror – dCFF22

June 16, 2022

Several filmmakers have successfully expanded their horror shorts into feature films. Sam Raimi did it with Within The Woods, which ultimately became The Evil Dead. Takashi Shimizu started out with In A Corner, then graduated to Ju-On: The Grudge. Before there was the franchise juggernaut Saw, there…

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Tension and Emotions Flare in deadCenter’s Tearjerker Shorts – dCFF22

June 15, 2022

Buckle up and prepare to be moved — just keep a few tissues on standby. deadCenter’s Tearjerker Shorts lives up to its name through six provocative, eye-opening, and powerful short films.

Dania Bdeir’s Warsha follows Mohammad…

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Shouting Down Midnight Is An Important Rallying Cry Everyone Should Hear – dCFF22

June 15, 2022

Arriving on the heels of the leaked draft opinion indicating the Supreme Court is set to overturn Roe v. Wade, Shouting Down Midnight, a documentary by Gretchen Stoeltje, tells the story of former Texas senator Wendy Davis, who in 2013 spearheaded a landmark filibuster to block…

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A Rich Two Blocks Of Oklahoma-Made Short Films At deadCenter 2022 – dCFF22

June 14, 2022

Any good collection of short films will present audiences with variety, diversity, and (hopefully) quality. The 2022 deadCenter Film Festival delivered on all three fronts with its Oklahoma-made short films slate, sporting a roster so plentiful the collection had to be broken into two parts. Volumes…

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Octopus Contemplates Life in the Wake of Tragedy – dCFF22

June 14, 2022

An undercurrent of trauma lies beneath the fragile serenity of Karim Kassem’s Octopus. The documentary traces the aftermath of the devastating explosion at the Port of Beirut in August 2020. The event caused at least 218 deaths, 7,000 injuries,…

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Would you join the ‘Mantis Club’? – dCFF22

June 13, 2022

I love an adventurous short film, and Mantis Club from writer/director Yalian Li is definitely that.

Imagine this. What if you lived in a world where love and sex were, quite literally, deadly for men? Because in Mantis Club, any sexual encounter with…

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Made In Oklahoma: Three Films About Identity, Scarcity And Crime (Among Other Things)

June 12, 2022

The deadCenter film festival offers Oklahomans a chance to see both short and full-length movies produced around the world and within the Sooner State. Similarly, the three Okie features making their premiere at the 2022 festival deal with themes both global and local, namely: the need…

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