Not The Chosen One. <p><strong>The Background</strong>: Carly Levy has been a freelance writer for CinemaBlend starting in 2022 covering mostly movies with a sprinkle of television. After graduating at Florida Atlantic University with a degree in film and theater in 2015, she worked for a year as a journalist for Talk Media covering South Florida news. In 2017, she spent four years as a ghostwriter writing about addiction and mental health for rehab and therapy blogs. Now, she divides her time writing about the subjects of both entertainment and mental health issues.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>What They're Into</strong>: Carly is an avid cinephile who is always looking for the next best film to watch whether it goes back to the silent film era to what's playing in theaters. Her analytical mindset enhances her writing as she gains true understanding of the characters and stories that makes a movie great enough to write about. Her passion ranges from following film scavenger hunts on Letterboxd to discover new films and creating watchlists based on the latest trailers. She enjoys the originality and freshness indie cinema brings, particularly A24 films. During her spare time, Carly loves to listen to post hardcore rock music, watch classic television sitcoms, and reads a variety of books. She also likes to challenge her writing by writing essays on various trending topics that draw her eye.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>What They're Excited About Right Now</strong>: The latest movies hitting the "Big Five" film festivals (especially Venice and Sundance). Anything A24 and Wes Anderson touches. Continuously making my mark through my writing and creating watchlists. </p>
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This article is presented by Quibi. Since the mid-20th century, the car has been an extension of the American body. It is a home away from home and a way to both protect ourselves while carefully selecting who we bring into this little mobile compartment. When there’s a breach of that trusted space, a car can quickly become a pressure cooker thanks to the presence of an intruder. Sometimes that intruder is played for laughs and other times it’s played for horror. But in both instances, the car becomes a sacred space of sorts where tranquility is …
I feel bad for Eliza Hittman's terrific new movie Never Rarely Sometimes Always. I caught the film at Sundance and was floored by it, and I was hopeful that people would give it a shot given the challenging subject matter, but its theatrical release came just as the coronavirus forced theaters to shut down. For those who are unfamiliar with the movie, it follows two teenage girls from Pennsylvania who are forced to go to New York City to get an abortion without parental consent. It's not an easy movie by any stretch of the imagination, but it'…
The times they are a-changin'. Turns out that when a global pandemic forces movie theaters around the world to close, production companies are more than happy, willing, and able to get their movies into the hands of homebodies faster than the traditional theater release windows allowed. So while we get used to commercials and trailer proclaiming "In Theaters and At-Home Soon", we're aiming to keep you up to date with the latest home video releases, some of which will be the typical digital/physical distribution following theatrical releases, and some of which will be the first time …
Focus Features has released a new trailer for Eliza Hittman's drama Never Rarely Sometimes Always. The story follows two teenage girls, Autumn (Sidney Flanigan) and Skylar (Talia Ryder), as they travel from Pennsylvania to New York so that Autumn can get an abortion without her parents knowing about it (in Pennsylvania you need parental consent). This new trailer is filled with blurbs of critical acclaim and I agree with it. I caught the film at Sundance and was floored and devastated by it. In my review, I wrote: Hittman doesn’t need to get flashy or swing for a …