TCFF 2025 Reviews: Anxiety Club (doc) & The Floaters – both #directedbywomen

TCFF wrapped over a week ago, but I'm still playing catch-up with reviewing the films. So today I'm posting a pair of female-directed comedies. One is a documentary and the other a narrative, both I highly recommend once they're available to watch near you or online. Anxiety Club (2025) Who hasn't faced anxiety in our …

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FlixChatter Guest Review: BUGONIA (2025) – Lanthimos’ dark satire reflects the strange paranoia of our time and hits the mark with eerie precision

Directed by Yorgos LanthimosStarring: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Alicia Silverstone The endlessly inventive Yorgos Lanthimos is back once again, reuniting with his now-regular muse Emma Stone for their third collaboration — and bringing along Jesse Plemons for their second team-up after 2024’s Kinds of Kindnesses. His latest, Bugonia, is an English-language remake of …

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FlixChatter’s OCTOBER Viewing Recap + ’52 Films By Women’ Update + Movie of the Month

Happy November, all! 🧡 Two more months until we're done with 2025, wow!! I feel like this past year felt like a blur… I wouldn't say it's been uneventful, but if we're talking about movies, there aren't major releases that made this year extra special. I am still looking forward to some award-worthy films in …

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Special Guest Post: Top 5 Favorite Horror Movies To Watch on Halloween

Happy Spooky Season, everyone! I know I haven’t been posting a lot lately, despite October being my favorite month of the year, but I’ve been busy with something scarier than any horror movie: grad school. I would face off with Freddy Krueger or Michael Myers over working on a group research project any day. Still, …

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FlixChatter Review: BLUE MOON (2025) – Linklater and Hawke join forces again to craft a poetic tribute to a troubled musical genius

Ethan Hawke seems to be popping up everywhere lately, but maybe that's because three of his films came out around the same time. I caught him in this movie, and She Dances just a few days apart, and my friend Vince just watched him in Black Phone 2. The film tells a fictionalized tale based …

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FlixChatter Guest Review: Borley Rectory: The Awakening (2025) – A UK supernatural thriller based on true events in England’s most haunted house

Directed by Steven M. Smith Written by Christopher Jolley & Steven M. Smith Borley Rectory: The Awakening opens with Rector Harry Bull (Julian Glover) recounting a chilling tale of the spirits of a cruel priest and victimized nun who supposedly haunt the mansion. At the time, he tells his family it’s only a ghost story. …

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TWIN CITIES FILM FEST’s 2025 AWARD WINNERS and FlixChatter’s Top 3 TCFF films

The Twin Cities Film Fest, presented by Stearns Bank, announced its 2025 award winners Saturday evening, recognizing films and artists across 10 top categories. I wasn't able to attend the awards ceremony, but congrats to all the winners!!👏🏆⭐ Top Honors, Best Narrative Feature, went to the evocative drama Hamnet, which captivated audiences at TCFF with …

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