Now available on VOD, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, Vimeo on Demand and YouTube Movies. In 1976 a group of people in the desert for a photo shoot, stumble upon an abandoned town called Savage. But they…
Category: 2025
The Year 2025
The Latest From Director Marcel Walz’s (That’s A Wrap, Pretty Boy) and Writer Joe Knetter’s (George A. Romero’s Twilight of the Dead):
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, October 12-14 2025, Hot Springs, Arkansas
This year, the Forum takes place after the elimination of federal funding for public media, which only amplifies the need for the forum, said Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute Executive Director Ken Jacobson. “With the loss of key sources of federal funding, filmmakers are in need of information about funding, distribution, and new ways of reaching audiences.
A Scuttlebutting Netflix Preview of Award Winning Director Katherine Bigelow’s Latest That Looks Like Another Bombshell

This writer-editor’s assessments of what audiences can expect are based on deep-diving and power-diving in the race-against-time, procedure-driven drama of A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE which is unnervingly plausible because it brings to mind so several perils going on around the globe. WORD patrons should expect edge of the seat thrills.
I ONLY REST IN THE STORM (O Riso e a Faca) by Director Pedro Pinho. North American Premiere at Lincoln Center’s 63rd New York Film Festival
Caveat Spectātor: A Sublime, Rapturous Beast of a Movie
NYLFF Showtime for ON THE OUTS Directed by Award Winning Director Lori Silverbush Is Today, September 20, 6:30 P.M. at Regal Union Square, Manhattan, The Big Apple
Interview with New York Latino Film Festival Founder Calixto Chinchilla Whose Major Gorgeous Film Festival Opens September 13
It Wraps September 21 – And Then Hits the Road for Other Major Cities in the U.S.
In the interview, Calixto Chinchilla reflected on the festival’s long successful history, noting its survival through historically significant events like 9/11 and the COVID-19 pandemic, which tested its leadership and adaptability. Despite financial challenges, the festival is showcasing 120 films this year, highlighting its commitment to creativity and storytelling.
TORN Film Review

For Clarification: The reviewer-writer of this movie that blows his mind is Pro-Palestinian and despises The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, a Palestinian nationalist Sunni Islamist political organization with a military wing for its October 7, 2023 attack and massacre of innocent Israelis.
This reviewer-writer is Pro-Israel but despises Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his staunch elected supporters and right wing cabinet for the crimes against humanity and genocide perpetrated against Palestinians, who are dying and being slaughtered as this review is being written.
News from the WORD Ain’t a Whole Lot of Nothing – 1st
Award Winners of the 2025 9th Annual Festival of Cinema NYC

Festival of Cinema NYC Founder and Executive Director Jayson Simba: “As we near the end of our first decade of bringing films to Forest Hills/Queens, we have established a well-earned reputation for celebrating truly independent films and filmmakers from Europe, the West Coast, and New York City as well.” The Festival of Cinema NYC is an independent film festival designed to support and expose emerging filmmakers by screening a diverse range of films, including features, shorts, animation, and music videos.
New York Latino Film Festival September 13-21: The nation’s leading Latino film festival marks its milestone year with record submissions, a dynamic film lineup, engaging conversations, and a free outdoor event

This year, NYLFF will once again present an exciting line-up of feature films in various forms, including feature, documentary, and shorts from the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Highlights include Aguadilla (2025, 107 min., Puerto Rico/USA), a tale of desire, deception, and survival, as a wheelchair-bound ex-surfer (Lou Diamond Phillips) becomes entangled in a dangerous triangle with a Dominican migrant couple on the shores of Puerto Rico.


