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Case 137 (Dossier 137) CASE 137 (DOSSIER 137) (2025) Starring Léa Drucker, Jonathan Turnbull, Mathilde Roehrich, Guslagie Malanda, Stanislas Merhar, Sandra Colombo, Valentin Campagne, Mathilde Riu, Côme Péronnet, Solàn Machado-Graner, Théo Costa-Marini, Théo Navarro-Mussy and Florence Viala. Screenplay by Dominik Moll and Gilles Marchand. Directed by Dominik Moll. Distributed by Haut et Court. 115 minutes. Not Rated. Screened at the 2025 Philadelphia Film Festival. It is kind

Hedda HEDDA (2025) Starring Tessa Thompson, Imogen Poots, Tom Bateman, Nicholas Pinnock, Nina Hoss, Kathryn Hunter, Finbar Lynch, Mirren Mack, Jamael Westman, Saffron Hocking, Finbar Lynch, Mirren Mack, Jamael Westman, Jack Barry, Michelle Crane, Sam Hoare, Stacey Gough, Mark Oosterveen, Sonya Orlov, Nicholas Bishop, Milly Paris and Jack Sherlock. Screenplay by  Nia DaCosta. Directed by Nia DaCosta. Distributed by Amazon MGM Studios. 107 minutes. Rated R. Screened at the 2025

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Ian Kimble and Ruby Modine at the Philadelphia Film Festival Premiere of "Dead Giveaway." Ruby Modine & Ian Kimble It’s Just a Dead Giveaway by Jay S. Jacobs Don’t you hate it when this happens? You’re out on a Friday night. You hit a few bars, and maybe a party. You have a bit too much to drink. Or maybe a lot too much to drink. Or maybe you literally recreate Marion Ravenwood’s shots-drinking contest scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark.  You wake up the next morning, still ful

Floating Carousel FLOATING CAROUSEL (2025) Starring Lucy Powers, Delilah Napier, Gus Birney, Michael Cyril Creighton, Jessica Hecht, Dylan Baker, Julian Cihi, Reg Rogers, Elsie Hewitt, Geneva Carr, Catherine Curtin, Jon Rudnitsky, Matt Walker, Brittany Bradford, Sean Grandillo, Ruby McCollister, Sam Vartholomeos, Aaron Serotsky, Charles Justo, Nate Richman, Caroline Baniewicz and Joe Penczak. Screenplay by Delilah Napier and Lucy Powers. Directed by Delilah Napier and Lucy Po

Good Fortune GOOD FORTUNE (2025) Starring Seth Rogen, Aziz Ansari, Keanu Reeves, Keke Palmer, Sandra Oh, Sherry Cola,  Joe Mande, Stephen McKinley Henderson,   Blanca Araceli, Aditya Geddada, Alexander Jo, Kristen Henley, Shoukath Ansari, Erik Estrada, Wil Sylvince, Michael Arnold, Cam Barr, Addie Weyrich, Cari Shayne, Nena Woolworth, Nate Jackson, Jesus Garcia and Penny Johnson Jerald. Screenplay by Aziz Ansari. Directed by Aziz Ansari. Distributed by Lionsgate. 94 minutes.

Delilah Napier and Lucy Powers Lucy Powers & Delilah Napier   Riding the Floating Carousel By Jay S. Jacobs It all started with some bad dates. Lucy Powers and Delilah Napier, long-time friends and collaborators who have made the indie films Voyeur, “The Compound” and “ Victor vs. the Metaverse” together, found the inspiration for their latest feature film when they both went on the same bad date with the same guy, just a week apart. They weren’t alone. All of their friends w

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[L-R] Bill Condon, Jennifer Lopez and Tonatiuh attend the KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN New York premiere. Credit: Jason Crowley/BFA Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna, Tonatiuh & Bill Condon Dancing With the Spider Woman By Jay S. Jacobs When Hollywood is adapting a hit Broadway musical (or making an original), chances are the first name on their speed dial is Bill Condon. Condon wrote and/or directed such popular movie musicals as Chicago, DreamGirls , the live-action version of Beauty

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Shaun Cassidy – Keswick Theatre – Glenside, PA – September 25, 2025 – Photo by Deborah Wagner © 2025 Shaun Cassidy – Keswick Theatre – Glenside, PA – September 25, 2025 “Well I was 16 and sick of school. I didn’t know what I wanted to do…” Even though Eric Carmen wrote those words, they were telling Shaun Cassidy’s story. They opened the song “That’s Rock and Roll” which is one of a few songs which Cassidy rode to the top of the charts in the late 1970s. In fact, when Shaun C

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