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CUFF Review: 'Our Time Machine' Explores Art and Remembrance via Chinese Theatre Directed by S. Leo Chiang and Yang Sun Published Dec 04, 2019What makes a work worth remembering? Worth not only being experienced by audiences in its own time and place, but to be talked about after?...
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CUFF Review: 'The Amazing Johnathan Documentary' Proves Meta Can Still Be Magic Directed by Benjamin Berman Published Nov 27, 2019Self-referential meta comedy has, for better or more likely worse, jumped its own shark in recent years, as breaking the fourth wall has bec...
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CUFF Review: 'Where in the Hell Is the Lavender House: The Longmont Potion Castle Story' Gets in the Way of its Prank Call Chronicle Directed by David Hall and Thomas Rotenberg Published Nov 11, 2019In one of many fan interviews peppered throughout Where in the Hell Is the Lavender House: The Longmont Potion Castle Story, it's observed t...
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CUFF Review: 'Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street' Is an Overdue Look at Homophobia in Horror Directed by Tyler Jensen and Roman Chimienti Published Nov 11, 2019A New Nightmare was director Wes Craven's big swing at revitalizing the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. In the seventh film of the series...
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CUFF Review: 'Foosballers' Is for Foosball Purists Directed by Joe Heslinga Published Apr 30, 2019In many bars where chatting with friends isn't enough, a table sport sometimes resides; it can also be found in many rumpus rooms across the...
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CUFF Review: 'Mutant Blast' Is a Bad Movie and a Great Troma Release Directed by Fernando Alle Published Apr 24, 2019A soldier and her superhuman muscular man navigate a zombie mutant-filled city after a scientific experiment to create many superhuman soldi...
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CUFF Review: 'Who Let the Dogs Out' Raises Questions Without Answering the Most Important One Directed by Ben Hodge Published Apr 23, 2019Who Let the Dogs Out is a documentary about the ridiculous earworm "Who Let the Dogs Out" by the Baha Men, the popular song that has one que...
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Here's the Full Lineup for the 2019 Calgary Underground Film Festival Published Mar 28, 2019As always, the Calgary Underground Film Festival has pieced together a truly impressive lineup. The fest's 16th annual event will run from A...
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CUFF Docs Review: 'The Cleaners' Gets Its Hands Dirty with Sketchy Social Media Posts Published Dec 02, 2018In the opening scene of Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck's documentary The Cleaners, a social media "content moderator" in the Philippines s...
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CUFF Docs Reviews: 'The Insufferable Groo' Is an Inspiration and Potentially a Very Bad Idea Directed by Scott Christopherson Published Nov 29, 2018Stephen Groo is either an inspiration or a fool, depending on your point of view. Sure, the filmmaker has made an impressive number of films...
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CUFF Docs Review: 'People's Republic of Desire' Exposes the Dark Side of Chinese Social Media Directed by Hao Wu Published Nov 28, 2018Obsolescence is the threat looming over every streaming host in People's Republic of Desire, the same that hangs over many content producers...