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The widow agreed to a single interview. It would be the first time in over fifteen years that she would make a public appeareance. During all that time, neither her nor her husband had talked to the media. She couldn't hide her contempt for them. She knew how people saw her, what they thought of her, the crude jokes. Some, all of them being men, could understand his decision. But no one in the wor

Je Veux

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How do you know if your idea for a movie is actually worth pursuing? When budgets are limited, resources are scarce, and industry gatekeepers get in your way, it can be tempting to chase the safest idea. A lot of emerging filmmakers get caught up in the notion that their concept should be easy to explain, easy to fund, and easy to find an audience for. But in an oversaturated and competitive lands

A Case Study in Making the Weird Film | A Conversation with the 'Headcase' Team

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The video store used to be a ubiquitous part of North American life. These outposts of popular culture were an important gathering place. Not like a movie theatre, which is a destination in and of itself, video stores were outposts along the way to entertainment. A nexus of choice staffed with passionate movie fans. If the excitement of going to the movie theatre is the watching experience itself,

I Visited the Last Blockbuster Video Store

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As soon as I saw this months challenge the very first movie that popped into my head wasn't a beloved 90's juggernaut like Terminator 2, Pulp Fiction or The Matrix. It was the 1996 classic Swingers. It's been my go-to “cheer me the eff up” flick ever since cuz it always makes me chuckle after seeing it countless times. Cheers. There are movies that age like fine wine, and movies that age like that

Vegas, Baby!

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I used to watch Titanic multiple times a year. My family would travel and my brother and I would share a hotel room. Of course, we argued over everything including what to watch on TV. Eventually, we’d settle on a movie playing and for whatever reason in the early 00’s Titanic was on TV a lot. So, my brother would stop flipping through channels, watch a bit of Titanic, and fall asleep. I would sta

Titanic, 29 Years Later It’s Still Unbeatable.

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Hey Peliplaters! I'm sure you've noticed how much Short Stories have taken over Peliplat lately. We have original story writing challenges, and now a dedicated home for all your fiction in the Stories tab. We truly believe the best stories end up making the best movies, so this was the natural addition to the Peliplat-universe. As the next part of my How to Peliplat series, here are some tips and

How To Write a Short Story on Peliplat

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This was a narrow released film (is that the opposite of a wide release? I'm simply too lazy to look it up); it was playing in exactly two theaters near me, both in Chicago. So, Page and I took the train out, walked twelve minutes in the sweltering Chicago heat to the red line (subway/L train) where we traded the hot sun bearing down on us for a cooler, piss-scented tunnel. The ride was unremarkab

John Early Stuns in Maddie's Secret

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Ponyo is a 2008 Studio Ghibli movie, written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. On a budget of $34-million (U.S.), the film grossed $205.9-million (U.S.) at the box office, becoming one of the highest-grossing animes in history. The other night was my first time ever watching this movie. What stood out the most was the complexity of its main characters. Sōsuke Sōsuke is the boy whose eyes a majority

Great Characters Make Ponyo Memorable

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There is a scene in the Stephen King novella Apt Pupil where a schoolteacher lectures her class on the concept of a sliding doors moment- an incident that changes someone’s life, usually related to discovering a passion or YOUR GREAT INTEREST (King capitalizes those three words). It’s dark, in the context of the novella, but I had my own sliding doors moment when I was in middle school. My version

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Romeo + Juliet

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Few festivals have gotten into my heart the way Fantasia has. Covering the 30th edition as a guest makes it sweeter. What keeps me coming back is not the genre label; it is the narrative risk the programming vouches for. Here are the five titles I have on my radar this year. Godhead (dir. Mark H. Rapaport) Three years ago Rapaport showed up at Fantasia with Hippo, a black and white oddity about a

Five Films I Can´t Wait To See at Fantasia´s 30th Edition

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1. This all began on a Tuesday afternoon. It was not a very difficult day for Daniel. He went in around ten in the morning, put on his name tag, cleaned out the three main floors of the office by two, ate his lunch, ordered some extra cleaning supplies for the bathrooms (low on toilet paper on all floors), and then, when the last of the staff wished him good night, went home. His car was still hav

Missing

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The U.S. theatrical run has just ended, but I'm still catching my breath. So should you. Somewhere in Southeast Asia, A Symphony of Shattered Bones Begins The Furious doesn't waste a second easing you into its world. It opens inside a nightmarish holding cell where children are treated like livestock. Wisely, director Kenji Tanigaki keeps the worst horrors off-screen. A single terrified scream ech

The Furious (2026): Pure Adrenaline. Pure Action. Pure Joy.