A quiet Shabbat dinner turns into a masterclass in mayhem in Bad Shabbos, where one untimely accident sends two families spiraling into a night of secrets, snowballing lies, and barely contained breakdowns. What begins as a well-meaning gathering to unite an interfaith couple’s parents quickly unravels into a darkly hilarious free-for-all. It’s a comedy about faith, dysfunction, and the outrageous lengths a family will go to for each other. Among the ensemble, Theo Taplitz stands out as Adam—the off-kilter younger brother whose intensity feels fully lived-in. With sharp instincts and
A lone button. A briefcase. Three impossible choices. In Sew Torn, filmmaker Freddy Macdonald crafts a genre-bending tale where even the smallest decision can spiral into chaos. At the heart of the story is Barbara Duggen—better known as “The Mobile Seamstress”—who stumbles into a drug deal gone wrong while chasing down a missing button for a client. Faced with two bodies, a gun, and a case full of consequences, Barbara must choose between committing a crime, calling the police, or simply walking away. What unfolds is a cinematic triptych that
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When Anna Campbell moved back to the suburbs during the pandemic to focus on her children, she hadn’t expected it to become a creative turning point. But like her onscreen counterpart in Nora, the shift stirred a deeper reckoning—a fear of losing sight of her dreams, and with them, a sense of self. That fear became fuel. The result is Nora, a bold and emotionally layered debut that introduces Anna as a confident voice in independent cinema—one who embraces vulnerability, inventive storytelling, and a reimagined vision of what it means