From the beginning of the 2021 documentary “The Oxy Kingpins”—premiering this week at SXSW—it immediately grabs your interest. The film’s…
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Mark Ziobro
Mark is a New York based film critic and founder and Managing Editor of The Movie Buff. He has contributed film reviews to websites such as Movie-Blogger and Filmotomy, as well as local, independent print news medium. He is a lifelong lover of cinema, his favorite genres being drama, horror, and independent. Follow Mark @The_Movie_Buff on Twitter for all site news.
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The 2021 SXSW festival, like many other film festivals this year, has gone the way of virtual in lieu of…
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From Atlas Media Ventures, and starring Ed Asner (“Cobra Kai,” “Dead to Me”) and Sean Young (“Wall Street,” “Blade Runner”),…