"The dream is always the same: I come home, and I can tell someone is inside. I follow the light, and my mouth tastes like metal..." Damn this is good! A must watch new sci-fi short film titled Are You Awake? is available online. Written & directed by Cuban-American filmmaker Gabriel Caste, this initially premiered at festivals last year and has been playing on the circuit for a while. In this psychological thriller, a detached woman working as a door-to-door wake-up caller to get folks out of bed encounters a client refusing to leave his bed, who recounts his terrible dreams. He explains he's been plagued by nightmares, and declines to get out of bed. Though Dale feels obligated to convince him otherwise, she can't help but form a pitiful kinship with the man paralyzed by his own dreams. Starring Ellyn Jameson as Dale and Paul Archer as Bradley. This is well shot,...
- 2/7/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
As we languor in the doldrums of a wet, grey and dispiriting February, the motivation to get out of bed and take our place in society, whatever that may be, can feel like an insurmountable challenge. Set in a dystopian, bleak and indiscernible time, filmmaker Gabriel Caste’s psychological thriller Are You Awake? envisages a world where a service is available to help you rise, if not shine, each morning. Opening with an insight into the typical monotony of the wake-up caller’s door-to-door role, it’s not long before Caste injects the sharp thriller backbone into his short as our detached protagonist sees her own terrifying dread reflected in of one her clients. Are you Awake? takes a haunting approach to its analysis of the pressures of living and the weight of suffering with depression and is a film we were eager to speak to Caste about, digging into...
- 2/7/2024
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
This article contains spoilers for the "Barry" series finale.
I have a soft spot for Sally Reed (Sarah Goldberg), the aspiring diva starlet of "Barry." Sure, she's selfish and has poor judgment, but from all the past abuse she's suffered, you understand how she got like this. Unlike the rest of the cast, there's always a feeling that Sally could truly learn to be better, so it's extra disappointing that she rarely does. To paraphrase her forming teacher Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler), "She's deeply human." So, I was pleased that the series finale, "wow," gave her as happy an ending as possible.
It's important to remember Sally's backstory when viewing the finale. She fled from her abusive first husband Sam (Joe Massingill) by leaving in the middle of the night. In "wow," she repeats this after Barry declines to turn himself in. Sally had previously sworn she'd never be with a violent man again,...
I have a soft spot for Sally Reed (Sarah Goldberg), the aspiring diva starlet of "Barry." Sure, she's selfish and has poor judgment, but from all the past abuse she's suffered, you understand how she got like this. Unlike the rest of the cast, there's always a feeling that Sally could truly learn to be better, so it's extra disappointing that she rarely does. To paraphrase her forming teacher Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler), "She's deeply human." So, I was pleased that the series finale, "wow," gave her as happy an ending as possible.
It's important to remember Sally's backstory when viewing the finale. She fled from her abusive first husband Sam (Joe Massingill) by leaving in the middle of the night. In "wow," she repeats this after Barry declines to turn himself in. Sally had previously sworn she'd never be with a violent man again,...
- 5/29/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Law & Order fans, we’ve got a fresh off the press preview for the new Season 22 Episode 22 episode titled Open Wounds!
Find out everything you need to know about the Open Wounds episode of Law & Order, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!
Law & Order Open Wounds Season 22 Episode 22 Preview
In this episode, a senator is brutally gunned down at his daughter’s wedding, sending shockwaves through the political landscape. The plot thickens as the detectives work tirelessly to uncover the truth behind this heinous act. With the stakes higher than ever, can they bring the perpetrator to justice?
The courtroom drama intensifies as McCoy (Sam Waterston) pushes for a severe sentence for the defendant. But in a twist of fate, he finds himself up against a formidable Da – his own daughter. This unexpected turn of events will test the boundaries of family loyalty and professional integrity,...
Find out everything you need to know about the Open Wounds episode of Law & Order, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!
Law & Order Open Wounds Season 22 Episode 22 Preview
In this episode, a senator is brutally gunned down at his daughter’s wedding, sending shockwaves through the political landscape. The plot thickens as the detectives work tirelessly to uncover the truth behind this heinous act. With the stakes higher than ever, can they bring the perpetrator to justice?
The courtroom drama intensifies as McCoy (Sam Waterston) pushes for a severe sentence for the defendant. But in a twist of fate, he finds himself up against a formidable Da – his own daughter. This unexpected turn of events will test the boundaries of family loyalty and professional integrity,...
- 5/12/2023
- by News
- TV Regular
This post contains spoilers for the latest episode of "Barry," as well as sensitive, possibly triggering content.
The latest episode of the final season of "Barry" might be the show's darkest chapter yet. It's certainly among its most heartbreaking; there's the death of Cristobal (Michael Irby), and of Hank's (Anthony Carrigan) heart with him, a scene that unfolds with excruciating slowness and then, suddenly, all at once. There's the shooting of Gene's (Henry Winkler) son, a senseless, awful tragedy that happens to a character whose arc has always been defined by a tidy sense of dramatic irony. And there's Barry (Bill Hader), the black hole around which so many characters still orbit despite themselves.
None of these plots, however, hurt quite like Sally's (Sarah Goldberg). At first glance, Sally's storyline in the latest episode of "Barry" is nowhere near as gutting as the bleak twists of fate mentioned above.
The latest episode of the final season of "Barry" might be the show's darkest chapter yet. It's certainly among its most heartbreaking; there's the death of Cristobal (Michael Irby), and of Hank's (Anthony Carrigan) heart with him, a scene that unfolds with excruciating slowness and then, suddenly, all at once. There's the shooting of Gene's (Henry Winkler) son, a senseless, awful tragedy that happens to a character whose arc has always been defined by a tidy sense of dramatic irony. And there's Barry (Bill Hader), the black hole around which so many characters still orbit despite themselves.
None of these plots, however, hurt quite like Sally's (Sarah Goldberg). At first glance, Sally's storyline in the latest episode of "Barry" is nowhere near as gutting as the bleak twists of fate mentioned above.
- 5/1/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Barry” Season 4, Episode 3, “You’re Charming.”]
Weird things happen on “Barry.” They always have. For all the talk about how the show has gotten darker with each passing season, part of that comes from how that weirdness gets woven into the fabric of the show. In the beginning, the oddities that popped up were almost novelties, things designed to distract from the fact that one man’s soul was being siphoned away with each passing job. “Ronny/Lily” was something to be unpacked, a mystery where you could still find a weird sense of cathartic comfort in Stephen Root shouting from behind the wheel of a car.
Over time, that morphed into something else. By last season’s “710N,” the wild, out-of-the-blue parts of “Barry” became more dangerous. A highway chase was not only the show tackling an action setpiece on a grander scale, it was a bigger threat. By the time Hank (Anthony Carrigan) finds...
Weird things happen on “Barry.” They always have. For all the talk about how the show has gotten darker with each passing season, part of that comes from how that weirdness gets woven into the fabric of the show. In the beginning, the oddities that popped up were almost novelties, things designed to distract from the fact that one man’s soul was being siphoned away with each passing job. “Ronny/Lily” was something to be unpacked, a mystery where you could still find a weird sense of cathartic comfort in Stephen Root shouting from behind the wheel of a car.
Over time, that morphed into something else. By last season’s “710N,” the wild, out-of-the-blue parts of “Barry” became more dangerous. A highway chase was not only the show tackling an action setpiece on a grander scale, it was a bigger threat. By the time Hank (Anthony Carrigan) finds...
- 4/24/2023
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Updated, 12:23 Pm: South by Southwest Conference and Festivals today announced the Audience Award winners for the 29th SXSW Film Festival, with the Patton Oswalt comedy I Love My Dad, FX’s comedy series Atlanta, Sony Pictures Classics’ music doc The Return of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile and AMC’s drama series 61st Street coming in as notable recipients.
I Love My Dad was previously awarded the Narrative Feature Competition Grand Jury Award, and today took home the Narrative Feature Competition Audience Award. Atlanta won out in the Headliners section, with The Return of Tanya Tucker prevailing in 24 Beats Per Second, and 61st Street taking the Audience Award for Episodic Premieres.
The SXSW Audience Awards follow the previously-announced 2022 Jury Awards, as well as the 40 Years of Massive Talent Award, which was presented to Nicolas Cage at the festival screening of his Lionsgate pic The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent on Saturday night.
I Love My Dad was previously awarded the Narrative Feature Competition Grand Jury Award, and today took home the Narrative Feature Competition Audience Award. Atlanta won out in the Headliners section, with The Return of Tanya Tucker prevailing in 24 Beats Per Second, and 61st Street taking the Audience Award for Episodic Premieres.
The SXSW Audience Awards follow the previously-announced 2022 Jury Awards, as well as the 40 Years of Massive Talent Award, which was presented to Nicolas Cage at the festival screening of his Lionsgate pic The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent on Saturday night.
- 3/23/2022
- by Valerie Complex and Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Recently, CBS released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Criminal Minds" episode 6 of season 10. The episode is entitled, "If The Shoe Fits," and it sounds like things will get quite drama-filled and intriguing as the Bau gets stumped on their newest case. Jj has to cope with her sister's tragedy, and more. In the new,6th episode press release: The Bau is going to be stumped to find the common denominator among male victims in Montana, making it difficult to profile the UnSub. Press release number 2: The Bau will be stumped to find the common denominator among male victims in Montana, making it difficult to profile the UnSub. Also, Jj will be forced to confront her feelings about her sister’s tragic death. Candy Clark returns as Jj’s mother, Sandy Jareau. Guest stars will feature: Mekhai Andersen (Henry), Candy Clark (Sandy Jareau), Abbie Cobb (Claire Dunbar...
- 10/29/2014
- by Derek
- OnTheFlix
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