Greg Hyde, Author at Backseat Mafia

Blu-Ray Review: Cruising

Following the masterful 40th anniversary Blu-Ray restoration of his lost classic Sorcerer in 2017, it’s now the turn of director William Friedkin’s even more unjustly forgotten 1980 thriller Cruising to…

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Film Review: The Hummingbird Project

With The Hummingbird Project, Canadian writer-director Kim Nguyen has created possibly the first stock market fraud thriller to be set predominantly in a rural environment. Nguyen, who was previously nominated…

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See: Bodywash Tease New Video Ahead of Debut Album

Montreal dream pop quintet Bodywash premiered the haunting video for their new single, ‘With Heat’, ahead of the release of their debut album ‘Comforter’ on August 30th via Luminelle Recordings.…

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News: Sean Cronin’s Very Good Issue ‘Ghost Warning’ Prior to ‘Adulthood’

Brooklyn Americana eight-piece Very Good, the brainchild of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sean Cronin, have announced their third album, ‘Adulthood’, will be released on October 11th. ‘Adulthood’ is the group’s follow-up…

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News: Djunah Release Single, Announce Album

Chicago noise punk duo Djunah released a new single, ‘Animal Kingdom’ (below), on August 21st, and have announced the release of their Kurt Ballou-produced debut album, ‘Ex Voto’, via Triple…

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Album Review: MNNQNS – Body Negativity

Hailing from Rouen, France, post-punk quartet MNNQNS are following up their critically acclaimed debut EP ‘Advertisement’ with their first full-length album, ‘Body Negativity’. The band claim to “hate rock ‘n’…

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Interview: Jessica Hynes (The Fight)

The Fight is Spaced star Jessica Hynes’ debut as writer, director, and actor. She plays Tina, a 40-year-old boxfit enthusiast who convinces a local boxing instructor (Cathy Tyson) to train…

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DVD Review: The Fight

Films about boxers overcoming adversity are a long and noble tradition within cinema, but the protagonists of such films are, with very few exceptions, men. Spaced star Jessica Hynes is…

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Interview: Cédric Le Gallo and Romain Brau (The Shiny Shrimps)

Having experienced commercial and critical success in its native France, The Shiny Shrimps, a comedy about an ostensibly homophobic competitive swimmer nearing the end of his professional career who is…

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Film Review: The Shiny Shrimps

The Shiny Shrimps is co-written and co-directed by Cédric Le Gallo, making his feature debut here, and Maxime Govare, previously known for the comedies I Kissed a Girl (2015) and…

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