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Heartland International Film Festival

Midwest Film Journal @midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social · 5h

Heartland ticket link for HELLO OUT THERE!

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Heartland 2025: Hello Out There!

Midwest Film Journal @midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social · 5h

Strong work from Chloe Bennet and Phil Dunster makes alien-life tale HELLO OUT THERE! most effective when addressing human concerns.

Nick Rogers (nickrogers.bsky.social) reviews the Heartland Film Festival title (with a ticket link in the reply).

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Driven by strong dramatic turns from Chloe Bennet and Phil Dunster, “Hello Out There!” is a story about the search for proof of alien life that is most effective when dealing with human concerns.

Charting ‘The Tenderness Tour’: An Interview with Richard Propes and Andie Redwine

Midwest Film Journal @midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social · 8h

Evan Dossey's interview with Richard Propes and Andie Redwine on THE TENDERNESS TOUR:

midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/10/08/c...

Heartland International Film Festival ticket link for THE TENDERNESS TOUR:

tickets.heartlandfilm.org/films/68ac7d...

Featured subject Richard Propes and director / producer Andie Redwine sit down with Evan Dossey to discuss “The Tenderness Tour” — a documentary about Propes’ efforts to eliminate undue medical debt…

Midwest Film Journal @midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social · 8h

Following Propes' efforts to eliminate medical debt for Hoosiers, the film will have several screenings at Heartland — including Q&As with Propes, Redwine and more.

In the next reply, find a link to Evan's essay with Propes & Redwine, along w/ a ticket link to all Heartland screenings of the film.

UPDATED: 230 journalism movies, ranked

Midwest Film Journal @midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social · 8h

Evan Dossey (edossmfj.bsky.social) talks w/ Richard Propes (richardpropes.bsky.social) & Andie Redwine (andieredwine.bsky.social), the respective subject & director / producer of THE TENDERNESS TOUR.

The doc will have its world premiere Saturday at the 34th Heartland International Film Festival.

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Midwest Film Journal @midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social · 8h

The Society of Professional Journalists (spj-posts.bsky.social) and Midwest Film Journal's ranked list of the greatest journalism films:

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Kan-Kan Cinema ticket link:

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Quill, a magazine by the Society of Professional Journalists

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Midwest Film Journal @midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social · 8h

The Kan-Kan Cinema & Bar (kankancinema.bsky.social) is paying tribute to cinema champion & big-screen icon Robert Redford by screening several films.

Catch ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN at 1p Friday or 5:10p Sunday.

In the reply, find our thoughts on this journalism classic and a ticket link.

No Sleep October: Ringu / The Ring

Midwest Film Journal @midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social · 9h

Alex Holmes' essay on RINGU / THE RING:

midwestfilmjournal.com/2022/10/27/n...

Alamo Drafthouse Indianapolis ticket link:

drafthouse.com/indianapolis...

Alex Holmes joins us for No Sleep October.

Midwest Film Journal @midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social · 9h

You thought seven days wasn't much? You've only got TWO to get tickets to 2002's THE RING at 10p Saturday at Alamo Drafthouse Indianapolis (alamodrafthouse.bsky.social) as part of its monthlong celebration of horror films.

In the reply, find Alex Holmes' essay on the film as well as a ticket link.

No Sleep October: Cobweb (2023)

Midwest Film Journal @midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social · 9h

Brent Leuthold's essay on COBWEB (2023):

midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/10/08/n...

No Sleep October — Midwest Film Journal’s monthlong ode to horror that terrifies, titillates or transfixes us — continues with Brent Leuthold clearing out 2023’s underappreciated “Cobweb.”…

Children of the 1990s will have a moment of clarity revisiting this comic-book “classic” in 4K UHD.

Midwest Film Journal @midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social · 9h

No Sleep October — our monthlong ode to horror that terrifies, titillates or transfixes us — continues with Brent Leuthold (awakeinthedark.bsky.social) clearing out his thoughts on 2023's underappreciated COBWEB.

Find Brent's essay in the reply and be sure to check out new essays all month long!

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Midwest Film Journal @midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social · 1d

Children of the 1990s will have a moment of clarity revisiting SPAWN, the comic-book "classic," now on 4K UHD Blu-ray from Arrow Video (arrowvideo.bsky.social)

Here's Sam Watermeier's (sammovieman.bsky.social) review of the newly released disc.

midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/10/07/a...

Arrow: Spawn 4K UHD

No Sleep October: George Romero’s “The Dead Trilogy”

Midwest Film Journal @midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social · 1d

Evan Dossey's essay on George A. Romero's DEAD trilogy:

midwestfilmjournal.com/2016/10/21/n...

Alamo Drafthouse Indianapolis ticket link:

drafthouse.com/indianapolis...

No Sleep October: George Romero’s “The Dead Trilogy”…

Midwest Film Journal @midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social · 1d

Really, they're ALWAYS coming to get you, Barbara. Catch George A. Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD at 7:30p Thursday at the Alamo Drafthouse Indianapolis (@alamodrafthouse.bsky.social).

Find Evan Dossey's (edossmfj.bsky.social) essay on Romero's "Dead" trilogy and a ticket link in the reply.

The “Class of …” series continues with “Heat.”…

Midwest Film Journal @midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social · 1d

Nick Rogers' essay on HEAT (1995):

midwestfilmjournal.com/2015/12/28/c...

IU Cinema ticket link:

cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-fil...

Class of 1995: Heat

Midwest Film Journal @midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social · 1d

Cuz Indiana University Cinema's (@iucinema.bsky.social) got a GREAT MOVIE and you got your chance to go ALL THE WAY there to see it on a big screen.

See Michael Mann's HEAT at 7p Thursday.

In the reply, find Nick Rogers' (nickrogers.bsky.social) 2015 essay on the film as well as a ticket link.

My Guy — a series rooted in Evan Dossey’s appreciation for and analysis of the works of Guy Pearce — continues with a look at Pearce as a morally complicated philosophy professor in “Spinning Man.”…

Midwest Film Journal @midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social · 1d

My Guy — a series rooted in Evan Dossey's (edossmfj.bsky.social) appreciation for and analysis of the works of Guy Pearce — continues with a look back at Pearce's work a morally complicated philosophy professor in SPINNING MAN.

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My Guy #48: Spinning Man

Kathryn Bigelow brings her inimitably intense sense of visual urgency to this nuclear-missile drama. But Noah Oppenheim’s script and unusually stiff work from a cast of reliable actors.

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Midwest Film Journal @midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social · 1d

Nick Rogers' review of A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE:

midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/10/07/a...

A House of Dynamite

Kathryn Bigelow brings her inimitably intense sense of visual urgency to this nuclear-missile drama. But Noah Oppenheim’s script and unusually stiff work from a cast of reliable actors.

Midwest Film Journal @midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social · 1d

Kathryn Bigelow brings her inimitably intense urgency to a nuclear-missile drama. But Noah Oppenheim's script and unusually stiff work by a reliable cast sink it.

In the reply, Nick Rogers (nickrogers.bsky.social) reviews A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE — in theatres Friday and streaming on Netflix on Oct. 24.

A House of Dynamite

Of all things, a spinoff animated zombie show from a 2021 Disney+ series nobody even really watched somehow plays like the inexplicably great dispatch from an alternate version of the 2020s — one…

Midwest Film Journal @midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social · 1d

Evan Dossey's review of MARVEL ZOMBIES:

midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/10/06/m...

Marvel Zombies

While this documentary portrait works wonders for Marc Maron fans, its intimate approach gives it a universal appeal.

Midwest Film Journal @midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social · 1d

Of all things, an animated zombie show spun off from a 2nd-tier 2021 Disney+ series somehow plays like an inexplicably great dispatch from an alternate decade where the world didn't break in quite the same way & Marvel thrived.

Evan Dossey (edossmfj.bsky.social) reviews MARVEL ZOMBIES in the reply.

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Midwest Film Journal @midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social · 2d

Sam Watermeier's review of ARE WE GOOD?

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Are We Good?

Midwest Film Journal @midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social · 2d

While this documentary works wonders for Marc Maron (marcmaron.bsky.social) fans, its intimate approach lends it universal appeal.

In the reply, find Sam Watermeier's (sammovieman.bsky.social) review of ARE WE GOOD?

Check local listings for showtimes yet this evening (Monday, Oct. 6) and Oct. 8.