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Steve Kopian @unseenfilms.bsky.social · 15h

brief thoughts on the off kilter disturbing horror film SOLVENT
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SOLVENT (2025)

Johannes Grenzfurthner returns with the story of a clean-up team looking for hidden nazi documents in an abandoned farmhouse in Austria. The...

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Steve Kopian @unseenfilms.bsky.social · 1d

ALMOST HOME is about the struggle of a Muslim American soldier to be home with his family and process what happened on the battlefield. It needs to become a feature
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Almost Home (2025) Tasveer Film Festival

A soldier home from the war in Afghanistan tries to reconnect with his family, despite being haunted by something terrible that happened in ...

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Steve Kopian @unseenfilms.bsky.social · 1d

just saw a wow sort of film

Steve Kopian @unseenfilms.bsky.social · 1d

I can't write tonight
brain fogged

Steve Kopian @unseenfilms.bsky.social · 1d

it's longer than abel gance's napoleon.. or was then it was trmmied after it opened the wings concert in 1977 and ended at after 4am.
It was trimmed for general relase in 1978, and then further trimmed for radio play.
There was a 75 LP special edition was released in 1979 but its hard to lift

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Steve Kopian @unseenfilms.bsky.social · 1d

LANDMARKS at NYFF is the story of indegenious land rights & a murder. It's a great story weakly told (and with drone footage filler). I wish someone else could have editted it because its all there.
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LANDMARKS (aka NUESTRA TIERRA) (2025) NYFF 2025

Lucrecia Martel’s latest is a wildly uneven tale. Nominally the story of a battle over indigenous lands in Argentina that resulted in a mu...

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Steve Kopian @unseenfilms.bsky.social · 1d

THE CURRENTS at NYFF is about a woman who is unconnected to her world but its so unconnected to the audience that there is no reason to watch it
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THE CURRENTS (2025) NYFF 2025

I have no clue about THE CURRENTS. The write up says the film concerns a woman who doesn’t seem to fit into her life after plunging into a r...

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Steve Kopian @unseenfilms.bsky.social · 2d

THERE WAS THERE WAS NOT is the heartbreaking story of tiny country of Atsakh which lay between Armenia and Azerbajian before being wiped off the map
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There Was, There Was Not (2024)

I have spent the better part of the last week trying to find words to discuss THERE WAS,THERE WAS NOT. The film is a portrait of a once upo...

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Steve Kopian @unseenfilms.bsky.social · 2d

I am not covering or going to NYCC this year.
I have no interest

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Boo-ly, Li'l Ghost Bull 👻🐮 @bullythelsb.bsky.social · 2d

Well, he left at the intermission so he missed it when Godot arrived

on a unicycle

juggling kittens

to the tune of Happy Days Are Here Again

and then took everyone out for ice cream.

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I love legitimate theatre.

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 2d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Steve Kopian @unseenfilms.bsky.social · 2d

A kind of sort of curtain raiser for the Hot Springs Documentary Fest
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Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival starts Friday

The always great Hot Springs Documentary Festival starts Friday. This wonderful festival is a great collection of documentaries from arou...

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Steve Kopian @unseenfilms.bsky.social · 2d

LEVERS at NYFF has great visuals and a great soundscape. I wish the dialog & narrative were as good
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Levers (2025) NYFF 2025

Unveiling a statue results in the world plunging into darkness. Love it or loath it off kilter film is full incredible images and a not pa...

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Steve Kopian @unseenfilms.bsky.social · 3d

The NYFF doc THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR is the story of a woman killed by her troublesome neighbor. It will break your heart with its tale of a situation we all fear happening to us
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Perfect Neighbor (2025) NYFF 2025

This is the story of the shooting of Ajike Owens, who was shot by her neighbor through a closed door when Owens went to confront the neighbo...

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Steve Kopian @unseenfilms.bsky.social · 3d

It was interesting in that the discussions were all started by people wanting to say that either they didn't like it as much as social media or heard it wasn't that level good.

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Nate Terrors @nateming.bsky.social · 3d

ENTHUSIASMS

Beau @drbeaubeaumont.bsky.social · 7d

“That's the Chicago way!”

The pope, brandishing a baseball bat like he knows how to use it.

Good luck this time, JD.

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Steve Kopian @unseenfilms.bsky.social · 3d

I will be very curious what @nathanaelhood.bsky.social's take on SCARLET and its take on the afterlife, forgiveness and humanity

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Steve Kopian @unseenfilms.bsky.social · 3d

Four films at NYFF today
THE CURRENTS is a mess
COVERUP - good but superficial bio of Seymour Hersch
SCARLET animated retelling of Hamlet that has glorious moments & meh ones
NEUSTRA TIERRA an intriguing story messily told

reviews coming for everything

Steve Kopian @unseenfilms.bsky.social · 3d

The mad social media frenzy around MARTY SUPREME last night may be over hype. Talking to people today at NYFF- both press and public - indicated that a number of people weren't crazy about it. Complaints of length (and a rumor it maybe trimmed)