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In 2015, the directorial debut film of a little-known director called Chloé Zhao premiered at Sundance Film Festival. It was later shown at Cannes, where it received a nomination for Caméra d’Or for best debut feature film. Now, as Zhao…

Starring Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal is the directorial debut feature of The Place Beyond the Pines co-screenwriter Darius Marder. The film focuses on Ruben (Ahmed), a heavy-metal drummer who begins to lose his hearing. When Sound of…

In 1937, the drastically reduced 88th Division of the Chinese Nationalist Army was stationed in a warehouse in Shanghai against Imperial Japanese soldiers. Known as the Defense of Sihang Warehouse, it became a prominent part of the Second…

The second feature film by Norwegian filmmaker Yngvild Sve Flikke, Ninjababy is based on Inga H Sætre's graphic novel Fallteknik. The film stars Kristine Kujath Thorp as Rakel, a 23-year artist who enjoys her carefree life of smoking,…

Fucking With Nobody is directed and co-written by Hannaleena Hauru, who also stars in the lead role. Haura plays Hanna, a female director who is a loser in love. After being passed over from a directorial job, she undertakes a fake romance…

Marking the directorial debut of Mari Walker, See You Then stars Pooya Mohseni and Lynn Chen in a drama about love, loss and relationships. After a decade apart, Kris (Mohseni) invites Naomi (Chen) to dinner while visiting Los Angeles for…

Known for her work in films such as Hellboy, Legally Blonde, Cruel Intentions and Mom and Dad, Selma Blair's career took a turn when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 2018. In a documentary by Rachel Fleit, Introducing,…

Directed by Elle Callahan, Witch Hunt is set in an alternate America where witches exist and are considered criminals. The film focuses on teenager Claire (The Craft: Legacy's Gideon Adlon), whose mother Martha (Elizabeth Mitchell) hides…

If someone mentions the name 'Lily Hevesh', chances are you would have seen at least one of her works. With a YouTube channel exceeding three million subscribers, Hevesh is a twenty-something Asian-American domino artist. Her work has…

In 2013, a woman gained notoriety for murdering two bus drivers in Juarez. Calling herself 'Diana, The Huntress', she said that her motive was to avenge female factory workers who had been sexually abused and possibly murdered by bus…