Kevin Allen
@constructivecynic.bsky.social
Video editor, filmmaker, film critic @615film, @mcfca615 & @SEFilmCritics member, @defyfilmfest supervisor, Packers & wrestling fan.
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I dislike talking politics bcuz they're not my best subject, and they make me uncomfortable and depressed. But, a summation of my beliefs for those curious:
Trans men are men.
Trans women are women.
Love is love.
Black lives matter.
Women deserve bodily autonomy.
Hugs not drugs.
#FDT
Trans men are men.
Trans women are women.
Love is love.
Black lives matter.
Women deserve bodily autonomy.
Hugs not drugs.
#FDT
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is a bloody, beautiful celebration of the slasher subgenre that covers incredible emotional ground in a subversive coming of age story.Check out my full thoughts in today’s article for Nashville Movie Dispatch! tinyurl.com/yj6rtnye
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'Teenage Sex and Death' Has Never Been More Cerebral 'At Camp Miasma' (Review)
Jane Schoenbrun plays with genre conventions, the psyches of their own characters and horror fans alike in this bloody, beautiful exercise in subversion.
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August 14, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is a bloody, beautiful celebration of the slasher subgenre that covers incredible emotional ground in a subversive coming of age story.Check out my full thoughts in today’s article for Nashville Movie Dispatch! tinyurl.com/yj6rtnye
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#FilmSky🎬🎥🎞️📽️
#FilmCriticism
#FilmSky🎬🎥🎞️📽️
The virtual portion of the 2026 @chattfilmfest.org celebrated the handmade spirit of DIY filmmaking. Check out what I saw at the Scenic City’s premier festival here!
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2026 Chattanooga Film Festival Review Roundup
This year's 'Summer Camp For Cinephiles' has come and gone. Here's what we watched!
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July 3, 2026 at 3:01 PM
The virtual portion of the 2026 @chattfilmfest.org celebrated the handmade spirit of DIY filmmaking. Check out what I saw at the Scenic City’s premier festival here!
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#FilmSky🎬🎥🎞️📽️
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#LeviticusFilm is a heartrending but equally horrifying depiction of trauma’s psychological effects on queer youths. Check out my full thoughts on it here! #FilmSky🎥🎬📽️🎞️
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'Leviticus' is a Horrifying Depiction of Young Queer Trauma (Review)
Two adolescents are afflicted with a harrowing curse in this new horror film from Australia.
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June 17, 2026 at 3:47 PM
#LeviticusFilm is a heartrending but equally horrifying depiction of trauma’s psychological effects on queer youths. Check out my full thoughts on it here! #FilmSky🎥🎬📽️🎞️
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Blue Heron is a beautiful, heartrending debut feature from Sophy Romvari that’s an early candidate for one of the best films of the year. Check out my full thoughts on it in today’s article for Nashville Movie Dispatch! #FilmSky🎥🎬📽️🎞️
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'Blue Heron' is a Transcendent Trip Through a Time of Family Strife (Review)
Sophy Romvari's first feature is one of the year's best films.
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May 15, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Blue Heron is a beautiful, heartrending debut feature from Sophy Romvari that’s an early candidate for one of the best films of the year. Check out my full thoughts on it in today’s article for Nashville Movie Dispatch! #FilmSky🎥🎬📽️🎞️
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#MichaelMovie is a lazy, self-aggrandizing biopic that doesn't challenge viewers' thinking about its subject, saved only by the stellar musical numbers. Check out my full thoughts on it in today's article for Nashville Movie Dispatch! #FilmSky🎬🎥🎞️🍿
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Breathtaking Musical Numbers Save Otherwise Mediocre ‘Michael’ (Review)
The first half of Michael Jackson's life story has been finally brought to the screen by the Jackson estate and director Antoine Fuqua.
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April 24, 2026 at 3:25 PM
#MichaelMovie is a lazy, self-aggrandizing biopic that doesn't challenge viewers' thinking about its subject, saved only by the stellar musical numbers. Check out my full thoughts on it in today's article for Nashville Movie Dispatch! #FilmSky🎬🎥🎞️🍿
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#Undertone is an early candidate for the biggest disappointment of 2026, at least in this critic’s humble opinion. Check out my full thoughts in today’s article for Nashville Movie Dispatch! #FilmSky🎬🎥📽️🎞️
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March 13, 2026 at 1:57 PM
#Undertone is an early candidate for the biggest disappointment of 2026, at least in this critic’s humble opinion. Check out my full thoughts in today’s article for Nashville Movie Dispatch! #FilmSky🎬🎥📽️🎞️
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Dashboard Confessional - Vindicated (Official Music Video) HD
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February 9, 2026 at 3:29 AM
And to think that could have been Will Levis playing Meal Diamond in that Hellman’s ad. #SuperBowl
February 9, 2026 at 2:40 AM
And to think that could have been Will Levis playing Meal Diamond in that Hellman’s ad. #SuperBowl
Um Bad Bunny put on probably the best halftime show since The Weeknd. I LOVED the multitude of setpieces and how cinematic it was. There were points where I had to remind myself that was in an arena. Excellent stuff! #SuperBowl
February 9, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Um Bad Bunny put on probably the best halftime show since The Weeknd. I LOVED the multitude of setpieces and how cinematic it was. There were points where I had to remind myself that was in an arena. Excellent stuff! #SuperBowl
I was waiting for that karaoke style-ad to be for something OTHER than crypto. #SuperBowl
February 9, 2026 at 1:10 AM
I was waiting for that karaoke style-ad to be for something OTHER than crypto. #SuperBowl
Did Yorgos Lanthimos direct that Squarespace ad with Emma Stone? #SuperBowl
February 9, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Did Yorgos Lanthimos direct that Squarespace ad with Emma Stone? #SuperBowl
I almost mistook Jon Bon Jovi for Michael Bay lol #SuperBowl
February 9, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I almost mistook Jon Bon Jovi for Michael Bay lol #SuperBowl
That OpenAI ad used Young Fathers’ score from 28 Years Later!! #SuperBowl
February 9, 2026 at 12:05 AM
That OpenAI ad used Young Fathers’ score from 28 Years Later!! #SuperBowl
Bring on Disclosure Day! Spielberg is modernizing Close Encounters for today's society and I am here for it! #SuperBowl
February 8, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Bring on Disclosure Day! Spielberg is modernizing Close Encounters for today's society and I am here for it! #SuperBowl
Bring on Disclosure Day! Spielberg is modernizing Close Encounters for today's society and I am here for it! #SuperBowl
February 8, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Bring on Disclosure Day! Spielberg is modernizing Close Encounters for today's society and I am here for it! #SuperBowl
Yeah Charlie Puth's #SuperBowl rendition of the National Anthem rules but what about his remix of Betty Boop though: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvBT...
Charlie Puth - Betty Boop
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February 8, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Yeah Charlie Puth's #SuperBowl rendition of the National Anthem rules but what about his remix of Betty Boop though: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvBT...
Bad Bunny already has a lot to top with his halftime show performance tonight because his entrance here and his Wrestlemania match were equally tremendous #SuperBowl www.youtube.com/live/TVLoshF...
FULL MATCH: Bad Bunny vs. Damian Priest — San Juan Street Fight: Backlash 2023
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February 8, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Bad Bunny already has a lot to top with his halftime show performance tonight because his entrance here and his Wrestlemania match were equally tremendous #SuperBowl www.youtube.com/live/TVLoshF...
As much as I hate the Seahawks, I'm rooting for them tonight. Sam Darnold winning a Super Bowl ring tonight would be the ultimate vindication after everyone wrote him off as a bust. #SuperBowl
February 8, 2026 at 11:21 PM
As much as I hate the Seahawks, I'm rooting for them tonight. Sam Darnold winning a Super Bowl ring tonight would be the ultimate vindication after everyone wrote him off as a bust. #SuperBowl
Welp, that's one ad for an AI product and we haven't even hit kickoff yet. #SuperBowl
February 8, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Welp, that's one ad for an AI product and we haven't even hit kickoff yet. #SuperBowl
All I want from the #SuperBowl tonight is an advertisement for the Street Fighter movie.
February 8, 2026 at 11:12 PM
All I want from the #SuperBowl tonight is an advertisement for the Street Fighter movie.
#28YearsLaterTheBoneTemple continues to take its franchise and the zombie horror subgenre to new heights w/fresh storytelling, clever direction, gory kills & great performances. Check out my full thoughts on it in my final review for 615 Film! #FilmSky🎥🎬📽️🎞️
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'28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' is 2026's First Great Film (Review) - 615 Film
Dr. Ian Kelson conducts mysterious experiments and young hunter Spike falls in with a gang of psychopaths in the latest entry of the 28 Days Later franchise.
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January 15, 2026 at 7:38 PM
#28YearsLaterTheBoneTemple continues to take its franchise and the zombie horror subgenre to new heights w/fresh storytelling, clever direction, gory kills & great performances. Check out my full thoughts on it in my final review for 615 Film! #FilmSky🎥🎬📽️🎞️
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It's that time of year where I talk about the last 365 days of movies, culminating with my list of the 15 best films I saw in 2025! Read 'em and weep in today's article for 615 Film! #FilmSky🎞️🎥🎬📽️
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#OneBattleAfterAnother
#Sinners
#TrainDreams
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Kevin’s Year-End-Review of 2025 in Cinema - 615 Film
A look back at 2025 in film.
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January 14, 2026 at 6:16 PM
It's that time of year where I talk about the last 365 days of movies, culminating with my list of the 15 best films I saw in 2025! Read 'em and weep in today's article for 615 Film! #FilmSky🎞️🎥🎬📽️
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#OneBattleAfterAnother
#Sinners
#TrainDreams
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#OneBattleAfterAnother
#Sinners
#TrainDreams
#28YearsLaterTheBoneTemple is the first great film of 2026. Jack O’Connell is flat-out terrifying with his screen presence and Ralph Fiennes counters him with grounded, graceful humanity. DaCosta’s vision for this world is full of hope, beauty, and sick, visceral terror. 4.5/5 #FilmSky🎥📽️🎞️🎬
January 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM
#28YearsLaterTheBoneTemple is the first great film of 2026. Jack O’Connell is flat-out terrifying with his screen presence and Ralph Fiennes counters him with grounded, graceful humanity. DaCosta’s vision for this world is full of hope, beauty, and sick, visceral terror. 4.5/5 #FilmSky🎥📽️🎞️🎬