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Jesse Eisenberg sweeps the leg in this jet-black, deadpan comedy that hits the American man where it hurts. Jesse Eisenberg plays Casey, an objectively weak human being – meek in his personal relationships, timid in his workplace, and generally terrified in public interactions. After failing to flee from conflict, Casey is attacked and mugged by …
SWIFF shines a spotlight on the Prince of Darkness in this funny, entertaining and intelligent documentary on the rise of The Satanic Temple in America. The Arkansas State Capitol has just erected a statue of the 10 commandments on its front lawn. In the name of religious freedom, Lucien Greaves, activist and co-founder of The …
Following on from the 2018 breakout horror hit, Hereditary, Ari Aster brews up a tisane of terror in the dizzying daytime nightmare, Midsommar. Emotionally fragile Dani (Florence Pugh, Lady Macbeth SWIFF’18) is still lost in the fugue of a recent family tragedy when she joins her boyfriend, Christian and his friends on a trip to …
“Snake handlers are spiritual renegades belonging to an obscure, but growing, sect of American Pentecostalism: part of a century-old tradition of worshipping with venomous snakes during church services. Seeing themselves as the vanguards of salvation in a morally bankrupt world, these fundamentalists put their lives on the line — each and every week — to …
Winner · FIPRESCI Prize · Toronto International Film Festival. Oscar-winning Israeli director Guy Nattiv draws from his own lived experience in this electric feature debut inspired by true events. Byron Widner (Jamie Bell, child star of Billy Elliot) is the adopted son of fiercely loyal neo-Nazi sect leaders, whose life has been shaped in the …