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Reviews of movies specifically viewed as part of a film festival

Dances With Films 2025

Unfaithful! (2024) – dark comedy
Director: Seri DeYoung


Universal (2025) – indie scifi
Director: Stephen Portland

Slamdance 2025

Anansi the Spider  (2024) – indie short
Director: Jared Hall


Audio Description (2024) – indie short
Director: Luke J. Salewski


Chasers (2023) – indie short
Director: Erin Brown Thomas


Deuce  (2022) – indie short
Director: Margot Budzyna


Fishmonger (2023) – horror short
Director: Neil Ferron


Just White Noise (2025) – animation short
Director: Anya Berlowa


My Omaha (2025) – documentary
Director: Nick Beaulieu


The Sweater (2024) – indie short
Director: Maziyar Khatam

Cinequest 2024

Another Day In America (2024) – dark comedy
Director: Emilio Mauro

Dark Red Film Festival 2024

Catacombs (2024) – horror
Director: Chad Cunningham

Demon Box (2024) – horror
Director: Sam Wainsteim

The Kindness of Strangers (2024) – horror
Director: Stu Silverman

Methuselah (2024) – horror
Director: Nathan Sellers

Strangers on the A Train (2024) – thriller
Director: Rachel Kerry

The Trip (2024) – horror
Director: Arabella Anderson

Slamdance 2024

Blockbuster  (2024) – indie short
Director: Rafael Toledo


Chaperone (2022) – drama
Director: Zoe Eisenberg


Dosh (2023) – drama short
Director: Radha Mehta


L’Incidente (The Accident) (2023) – foreign drama
Director: Giuseppe Garau


Legend of El Cucuy (2023) – horror short
Director: Cynthia Garcia Williams


Restorage (2023) – comedy
Director: E’an Verdugo


Young People, Old People, & Nothing In Between (2022) – short film
Director: Parida Tanti

Dark Red Film Festival 2023

Body (2023) – horror comedy
Director: Ronald Short

Bowlhead (2023) – horror
Director: Thomas Simon

Sempre Avanti (2023) – horror
Director: Matthew Barber // Nathaniel Barber

Slamdance 2023

Elsa (2022) – documentary
Director: Cameron S. Mitchell


Just Right (2023) – indie short
Director: Camille Wormser


The Mad Writer (2023) – documentary
Director: Zachary Kashkett


Mahogany Drive (2022) – short
Director: Jerah Milligan


Millstone (2022) – short
Director: Peter Kimball


Onlookers (2023) – documentary
Director: Kimi Takesue


A Perfect Day For Caribou (2022) – drama
Director: Jeff Rutherford


Punk The Capital  (2019) – documentary
Director: James June Schneider // Paul Bishow

SXSW 2023

Angel Applicant  (2023) – documentary
Director: Ken August Meyer


Appendage (2023) – horror
Director: Anna Zlokovic


My Eyes Are Up Here  (2022) – short
Director: Nathan Morris


You Can Call Me Bill (2023) – documentary
Director: Alexandre Philippe

SXSW 2022

A Lot Of Nothing (2022) – drama
Director: Mo McRae


It’s Quieter in the Twilight (2022) – documentary
Director: Billy Miossi


Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story (2022) – documentary
Director: Frank Marshall // Ryan Suffern


Jurassic Punk (2022) – documentary
Director: Scott Leberecht


Pirates (2021) – indie comedy
Director: Reggie Yates