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CAN AI DIRECT A FILM? A CRITIC’S TAKE ON AI-GENERATED CINEMA IN 2026
Who is really in the director’s chair when the camera was never switched on? Type a single sentence: “a woman in a red coat crosses an empty train platform at dawn, the camera drifting slowly behind her” into a generative video platform like ImagineArt’s AI Film Studio, wait about a minute, and a cinematic shot…
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Film Review: ANORA (Written and Directed by Sean Baker)
A Cannes Palme d’Or winner that trades plot for character, with Mikey Madison and a stellar ensemble stealing the spotlight Writer/director Sean Baker’s Anora is a uniquely different film that stands apart for its commitment to character-driven storytelling over plot — a choice that earned it the prestigious Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival….
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Horror Film Review: FOUND (directed by Scott Schirmer)
An $8,000 budget, but Found delivers more chills and substance than Hollywood’s multimillion-dollar nightmares In order to cleanse my horror palate after the shitstain that Terrifier 3 was, I decided to find the cheapest, dirtiest little horror film I could dig up. The winner? An $8,000 indie gem called Found, streaming on Tubi and more. And let me tell…
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Film Review: PIECE BY PIECE (Directed by Morgan Neville)
Pharrell’s journey, piece by piece: An unexpected and inspiring look at the quiet genius behind decades of music. Morgan Neville, known for his ability to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary, has done it again with Piece by Piece, a film that dives deep into the life and career of one of the most influential music…
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Film Review: TERRIFIER 3 (directed by Damien Leone)
AN UNHOLY WRECK There are bad movies, and then there’s Terrifier 3, a festering pile of cinematic waste so atrocious that it’s not only the worst of the year but one of the worst I’ve ever had the displeasure of sitting through. Damien Leone couldn’t make a shittier movie if he tried. Hell, he may…
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Film Review: THE SUBSTANCE (Directed by Coralie Fargea)
THE HORROR OF A HORRIBLE THIRD ACT The Substance had me hooked — really, truly hooked — for 90 glorious minutes, and then : it feels like they yanked some middle school kid off the street and said, “Hey, wanna ruin a movie?” Because that’s the only explanation for how this thing nosedived so hard….
Theater Preview: KOWALSKI (Lookingglass Theatre Company / Chicago)
by Gregory Bernard | August 27, 2026
in Chicago, TheaterOpera Preview: LINCOLN IN THE BARDO (Death of Classical / The Metropolitan Opera)
by Gregory Bernard | August 27, 2026
in New York, TheaterConcert Review: LET THE SUNSHINE IN: THE MUSIC OF ’69 (Hollywood Bowl)
by pwsadmin | August 26, 2026
in Concerts / Events, Los AngelesTheater Preview: WINTER’S BENCH (24th Street Theatre)
by pwsadmin | August 26, 2026
in Los Angeles, TheaterOff-Broadway Review: THE REAL IVANOV (Initiative Productions / New York)
by Paola Bellu | August 25, 2026
in New York, TheaterCabaret Review: SPOTLIGHT KIDZ CABARET: ALL THAT GLITTERS (The Green Room 42)
by Rob Lester | August 23, 2026
in Cabaret, New YorkTheater Review: RHINOCEROS (American Repertory Theater / Cambridge, MA)
by Emily Brenner | August 22, 2026
in Boston, TheaterBroadway Opening: THE IMAGINARY INVALID (Roundabout Theatre Company)
by Gregory Bernard | August 22, 2026
in New York, Theater





