11 Nominations That Would Make the Emmys Awesome
Since the staff of The Contending has been covering television for a number of years, we know what it feels...
HollyShorts Announces 2025 Official Selections
HollyShorts Film Festival Celebrates 21 Years With Star Studded Lineup Including Stephen Fry, the Late Michael Madsen, Lena Waithe, Stormzy,...
Tina Romero & Natalie Metzger On Glamifying Zombies and Assembling a Superhero-Level Queer Cast for ‘Queens of the Dead’
Tina Romero's Queens of the Dead is a sparkly, queer extravaganza with enough camp and scares to already be heralded...
Tony Mucci & Tyler “Hook” Senerchia On the Journey of a One Hundred Dollar Bill for ‘Money Talk$’
When you see a one hundred dollar bill, something in your chest catches. For a lot of us, that's still...
Frank Sun & Scott Aharoni On Growing Up, Assimilation, and Riding in the Backseat for ‘We Are Kings’
Two teenage boys haul an entire desktop computer across a park in the first image of Frank Sun's remarkably deft...
Jessica Sanders & Vivian Bang On Exaggerated Truths for ‘I Want to Feel Fun’
It all starts with a Nicki Minaj shower curtain... There is a gloriously unexpected quality to Jessica Sanders film, I...
‘Hacks,’ ‘The Pitt,’ & ‘Adolescence’ Snag Top Honors at GALECA’s Dorian TV Awards
It's truly Deborah Vance's world, and we should consider ourselves lucky that she doesn't throw us out... For the third...
‘Queens of the Dead’: A Zombie Comedy with Sparkle and Splatter to Spare
"We're never ready...it's how it always starts..." says Dre, a drag promoter and DJ reassuring the bar staff that they...
Palm Springs Shortfest: ‘Century Egg’ Weaves a Tender Tale of Chasing Ghosts and Finding Family
"Why are you here?" Xiao An asks Daniel as they sit down to eat in Charles Barratt's thoughtful, quietly affecting...
‘I Don’t Understand You’: These Accidental Tourists Are Delightfully Deranged
The phrases, 'It was an accident!' or 'I didn't mean to do that!' are said pretty frequently throughout David Joseph...
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