The film-going and filmmaking cultures of Oklahoma have been growing, even exploding, in recent years. With studios like Prairie Surf, productions like “Reservation Dogs,” and acclaimed local filmmakers garnering national attention, Oklahoma is finally being seen as a serious place to make serious films. But there’s at least one place in OKC that has been […]
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Oklahoma’s Own
Austin has Richard Linklater. Baltimore has John Waters and Oklahoma City has Mickey Reece (if we can keep him). Having completed somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 features in the last decade, his most recent offerings have elevated him from guerilla filmmaker to an auteur whose latest flick, Agnes (2021), received a Tribeca Film Festival […]
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Cinema Scene
Movie theaters were among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and with viral numbers bouncing back with the delta variant, even Hollywood blockbusters still aren’t bringing in the numbers they otherwise would have. Competing also with a steadily growing list of streaming services, many of which are offering simultaneous releases either included with a […]
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Halloween Kills Review
If you’re in the mood to watch Michael Myers graphically and gruesomely slaughter people for 100 minutes, then Halloween Kills is the movie for you. But if you’re looking for plot development, characterization or anything but a three-ring circus of tired horror tropes, you’re out of luck. The second installment of the latest reboot series […]
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Mirror Image
It’s not often that a remake, reimagining, reboot, whatever you want to call it of a popular horror franchise lives up to its hype, but when Jordan Peele announced he was co-writing and co-producing a new version of “Candyman,” there wasn’t much question that this one would. This movie definitely feels like it was crafted […]
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Film Review: Mandibles
From Quentin Dupieux, the man who brought us tales of killer tires and misbehaving police officers, comes his new film, Mandibles. This time Dupieux tackles a tale of two men and their oversized housefly companion, a 74-minute madcap journey that’s equal parts laugh-out-loud funny and headscratchingly surreal. Two pals, Jean-Gab and Manu, come across the […]
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Buy deadCenter a drink this summer because it’s finally of legal age.
For its 21st year, a hybrid deadCenter Film Festival will begin June 10 and run through June 20 at various Oklahoma City locations with many screenings available online. “We did the virtual festival last year and that really gave us a great groundwork for what we wanted to do this year. So we knew at […]
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OKG deadCenter Reviews
Alien on Stage Dir. Danielle Kummer and Lucy Harvey This oddball documentary captures an amateur British stage production of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi masterpiece “Alien” which makes it from their small community theater to Leicester Square Theatre in London. Yes, you read that correctly. To make things weirder, the director, the writer, the actress playing Ellen […]
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deadCenter 2020: female directors
After So Many Days Available to stream in Oklahoma at deadcenterfilm.org. Director: Jim Hanft, Samantha Yonack Screenwriter: Jim Hanft, Samantha Yonack, Natalia Anderson, Kyle Weber Producer: Natalia Anderson, Jim Hanft, Kyle Weber, Samantha Yonack Executive Producer: Clinton Trucks, Mike Zwahlen Cast: Jim Hanft, Samantha Yonack Two recently married musicians embark on a yearlong tour, planning […]
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deadCenter 2020: LGBTQ+ roundup
Breaking Fast Available to stream in Oklahoma through June 16 at deadcenterfilm.org. Director: Mike Mosallam Screenwriter: Mike Mosallam Producer: Seth Hauer, Sarah Bazzi, Bay Dariz, Alex Lampsos, Davin Michaels Cast: Haaz Sleiman, Michael Cassidy, Amin El Gamal Cinematographer: Anka Malatynska Editor: Mike Hugo Music: Omar Fadel Practicing Muslim Mo is joined by All-American Kal for […]