Devin McGrath-Conwell

In Ravi Kapoor’s new movie Four Samosas (2022), Los Angeles’s “Little India” is the backdrop for a rollicking friend-group-heist extravaganza. Amateur rapper Vinny (Venk Potula) hears that his ex-girlfriend Rina (Summer Bishil) is engaged. Vinny…

When the Zoom screen opened up, Noah Segan, the writer/director/star of Blood Relatives (2022) sat in his garage with a 1969 Barracuda Fastback, his car from the film, gleaming behind him. Blood Relatives marks Segan’s feature directorial debut after…

Girl Picture (2022) premiered at Sundance in January to great acclaim, securing the coveted Audience Award at the festival’s close. A tender coming-of-age tale, Girl Picture follows three young Finnish women as they work to discover and define…

Introduction After a well-received festival run, Vincent Grashaw’s What Josiah Saw (2022) arrives on Shudder today. Written by Robert Dilts, What Josiah Saw is a blend of Southern Gothic, psychological thriller, and a chilling ghost story. The film…

After writing and directing two short films, Max Walker-Silverman makes the transition to feature length with his festival darling A Love Song (2022). His film centers on Faye (Dale Dickey), a widow waiting at a campsite for an old friend to come by.…

For many, Wes Studi is best known for his intensity. His most famous roles may well be in the Michael Mann-directed films The Last of the Mohicans (1992) and Heat (1995), both of which feature Studi channeling a quiet menace. All of this makes his…

Alumni and Families 700 Exchange St. Middlebury, VT 05753 As the D.E. Axinn Professor of English and Creative Writing, Jay Parini is a force in the Middlebury College writing community. Since joining the English department faculty in 1982, Parin

Watching Kate Tsang’s short films, it’s clear she has had a knack for locating empathy and beauty in the unconventional. Sherman and So You’ve Grown Attached both center on imaginary friends struggling with the impact of life after the child that…

After a UK premiere in 2021, Pirates (2022) from writer-director Reggie Yates had its stateside premiere at SXSW last week. The film follows three 18-year-olds in London on New Year’s Eve 1999 as they navigate the changing landscape of their friend…

Devin sat down with Mariama Diallo, writer-director of the upcoming horror film Master, to discuss her directorial approach, the film, working with Regina Hall, and her literary inspirations. Master premieres in theaters and on Amazon Prime on March…

Zoe Renee co-stars with Regina Hall in Mariama Diallo’s upcoming horror film Master, which premieres in theaters and on Amazon Prime on March 18th. Renee plays Jasmin Moore, a first-year college student a the predominantly white Ancaster College.…

In Pretty Problems (2022), which will premiere at SXSW on March 14, couple Jack (Michael Tennant) and Lindsey (Britt Rentschler) confront their flagging relationship while on a weekend retreat at their new friend’s gauche vineyard. Suddenly thrown…

Mattie Do signs onto our Zoom call and immediately apologizes. It turns out that it’s a holiday in Laos, where she’s based. Her apartment is surrounded by drunk, happy people singing karaoke. “You might hear some weird stuff,” she says with a laugh.…

Radical Honesty (2022) is a new short from director Bianca Poletti which will have its world-premiere at SXSW on March 12, 2022. The short takes place in an L.A. diner at the end of Jack (John Hein) and Rachel’s (Allison Goldfarb) first date. All is…

Directed by Domee Shi, the forthcoming Turning Red (2022) is about eighth-grader Mei Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang) as she navigates growing up. There’s the joy of her time with a tight-knit group of girlfriends. The challenges of an evolving…

A Vanishing Fog (2022) from Colombian director Augusto Sandino premieres at SXSW on March 11. The film focuses on F. (Sebastian Pii), a lonely man living in the isolated mountains with his father Colombo (Mario de Jesús Viana). F. watches over both…

Directed by Domee Shi, the forthcoming Turning Red (2022) is about eighth-grader Mei Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang) as she navigates growing up. There’s the joy of her time with a tight-knit group of girlfriends and the challenges of an evolving…

Introduction Jocelin Donahue stars as Marie Aldrich in Mickey Keating’s new film Offseason (2022). In the film, Maris returns to the isolated island community where she grew up, drawn in by a mysterious letter. When she arrives it is with little time…

The family that makes horror together sticks together, or so would say the clan behind the upcoming Hellbender (2022). John Adams and Toby Poser, alongside daughters Lulu and Zelda, have made six films together under their Wonder Wheel Productions.…

Last week, Shudder released Patrick Ridremont’s sophomore feature The Advent Calendar (2021). Equal portions holiday and horror movie, The Advent Calendar centers on Eva (Eugénie Derouand), a paraplegic former dancer who received an old German advent…