Steve Kopian
@unseenfilms.bsky.social
A collection of reviews of films from off the beaten path; a travel guide for those who love the cinematic world & want more than the mainstream releases
thoughts on another Netflix mob doc MOB WAR PHILADELPHIA VS THE MAFIA
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MOB WAR: PHILADELPHIA VS THE MAFIA
Mob War is a super little series looking at the mob in Philadelphia, sprcifically the battle .between John Stanfa and Joey Merlino in the '9...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
thoughts on another Netflix mob doc MOB WAR PHILADELPHIA VS THE MAFIA
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So very naughty
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Radiohead sings "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"
YouTube video by There I Ruined It
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December 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
So very naughty
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How do you win me over- Use a Yes song I love in a solid context
December 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
How do you win me over- Use a Yes song I love in a solid context
The horror film PIG HILL opens this week. It's about a woman trying to determine if a series of disappearances have anything to do with the mythic pig people. Its a solid film
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PIG HILL (2025)
A young woman begins to look into a series od strange disappearances in her town with the help of her brother and a friend. The disappeara...
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December 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The horror film PIG HILL opens this week. It's about a woman trying to determine if a series of disappearances have anything to do with the mythic pig people. Its a solid film
unseenfilms.net/2025/12/pig-...
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I'm intrigued by the Golden Globe nominations. Best pictures aside I find the choice weirdly really okay
December 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I'm intrigued by the Golden Globe nominations. Best pictures aside I find the choice weirdly really okay
You will be revisted by three spirits who can't count
December 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
You will be revisted by three spirits who can't count
In between the movies I've been watching Netflix mob docs such as HOW TO BECOME A MOB BOSS
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How To Become a Mob Boss
Peter Dinklage narrates a how-to tale of what to do and what not to do if you want to be a mob boss. Focusing on the careers of various peop...
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December 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
In between the movies I've been watching Netflix mob docs such as HOW TO BECOME A MOB BOSS
www.unseenfilms.net/2025/12/how-...
www.unseenfilms.net/2025/12/how-...
International Oscar Hopefuls: TARIKA and PALESTINE 36 www.unseenfilms.net/2025/12/inte...
International Oscar Hopefuls: TARIKA and PALESTINE 36
TARIKA (The Herd) This soul crushing magical realistic tale is the Bulgarian Oscar entry. The film is the story of a father and daughter li...
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December 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
International Oscar Hopefuls: TARIKA and PALESTINE 36 www.unseenfilms.net/2025/12/inte...
TRON ARES is visually wonderful but that story... geeze... its vapid and simplistic
December 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
TRON ARES is visually wonderful but that story... geeze... its vapid and simplistic
I want to see Brady Cook when he gets reps with the team- he has the arm-but its clear he hasn't played with the rest of the team
December 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I want to see Brady Cook when he gets reps with the team- he has the arm-but its clear he hasn't played with the rest of the team
Finland's entry for the Oscars is 100 LITERS OF GOLD, the story of two sisters who drink the ale they made for a wedding & have to replace it-fast. Its a dark comedy that echoes real life. It has a dark horse awards chance but it needs to be seen www.unseenfilms.net/2025/12/100-...
100 LITERS OF GOLD (2024)
From Teemu Nikki whose previous THE BLIND MAN WHO DID NOT WANT TO SEE TITANIC comes the Finnish entry for the Oscars. It's the tale of two s...
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December 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Finland's entry for the Oscars is 100 LITERS OF GOLD, the story of two sisters who drink the ale they made for a wedding & have to replace it-fast. Its a dark comedy that echoes real life. It has a dark horse awards chance but it needs to be seen www.unseenfilms.net/2025/12/100-...
I believe the Oscar short lists are released this week. I will have reviews of some of the International hopefuls this week as well
December 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I believe the Oscar short lists are released this week. I will have reviews of some of the International hopefuls this week as well
Catch up Posts: BRING HER BACK and LAST BREATH
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Catch up Posts: BRING HER BACK and LAST BREATH
BRING HER BACK A Brother and a sister are put into foster care, but there is something wrong with their foster brother and their foster mom ...
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December 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Catch up Posts: BRING HER BACK and LAST BREATH
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Rudolph’s Ranch by Travels with Brindle. I'm a sucker for fireplace music, the kind you put on and just relax into. Rudolph’s Ranch is totally that. The title track is delightful and much like the flag of Sweden the Big Star cover is a big plus. 2/4?
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Rudolph's Ranch, by Travels With Brindle
3 track album
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December 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Rudolph’s Ranch by Travels with Brindle. I'm a sucker for fireplace music, the kind you put on and just relax into. Rudolph’s Ranch is totally that. The title track is delightful and much like the flag of Sweden the Big Star cover is a big plus. 2/4?
travelswithbrindle.bandcamp.com/album/rudolp...
travelswithbrindle.bandcamp.com/album/rudolp...
how many Palestine before the war films have been released this year? I think there are at least three competeing for the Oscar
December 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
how many Palestine before the war films have been released this year? I think there are at least three competeing for the Oscar
Nothing like bleak Balkan fairytales to destroy your evening.
December 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Nothing like bleak Balkan fairytales to destroy your evening.
Time for a lifeboat party!
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Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Lifeboat Party
YouTube video by MoondogMayne
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December 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Time for a lifeboat party!
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Very brief thoughts MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, the filmed version of the recent Off and On Broadway revival www.unseenfilms.net/2025/12/very...
Very brief thoughts on MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
Filmed version of the 2023 revival of the Stephen Sondhiem play is going to be a love it or loath it affair. the story of three friends over...
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December 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Very brief thoughts MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, the filmed version of the recent Off and On Broadway revival www.unseenfilms.net/2025/12/very...
Catch up Capsules: NOUVELLE VAGUE and IN YOUR DREAMS
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Catch up Capsules: NOUVELLE VAGUE and IN YOUR DREAMS
NOUVELLE VAGUE Richard Linletter makes a Wes Anderson film about the making of Breathless. This is a delightful little film that is going ...
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December 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Catch up Capsules: NOUVELLE VAGUE and IN YOUR DREAMS
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JAY KELLY?
Really?
Its so artifiical and perfectly written so no one speaks like humans or behaves like real people.
This feel like a pretentious off broadway play.
Really?
Its so artifiical and perfectly written so no one speaks like humans or behaves like real people.
This feel like a pretentious off broadway play.
December 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
JAY KELLY?
Really?
Its so artifiical and perfectly written so no one speaks like humans or behaves like real people.
This feel like a pretentious off broadway play.
Really?
Its so artifiical and perfectly written so no one speaks like humans or behaves like real people.
This feel like a pretentious off broadway play.
Hey- HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION which I was just tweeting about- is now on Amazaon to rent or buy.
Do yourself a favor and see it. It's lovely
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G19TFP7C
Do yourself a favor and see it. It's lovely
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G19TFP7C
Watch How I Spent My Summer Vacation | Prime Video
Thirteen-year-old Grace confronts her own mortality as her family spends the summer at her grandfather's house during his illness.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Hey- HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION which I was just tweeting about- is now on Amazaon to rent or buy.
Do yourself a favor and see it. It's lovely
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G19TFP7C
Do yourself a favor and see it. It's lovely
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G19TFP7C
Brief word on BUGONIA, which like it's source film Save The Green Planet, I didn't much care for
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Brief thoughts on BUGONIA (2025)
Two conspiracy theorists kidnap a big executive because they think she is an alien attempting to destroy the world. This is a bleak, black ...
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December 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Brief word on BUGONIA, which like it's source film Save The Green Planet, I didn't much care for
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I know HAMNET is not for everyone, there are no car chase or bloody killings, but if you want a great romance that becomes an examination of the grief that results from the loss of a child told expertly, then it's for you
Its a genuine Oscar contender
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Its a genuine Oscar contender
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Hamnet (2025)
Chole Zhao returns to the Oscar mix with an adaption of Maggie O'Farrell's novel aboiut the romance between William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal...
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December 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I know HAMNET is not for everyone, there are no car chase or bloody killings, but if you want a great romance that becomes an examination of the grief that results from the loss of a child told expertly, then it's for you
Its a genuine Oscar contender
unseenfilms.net/2025/11/hamn...
Its a genuine Oscar contender
unseenfilms.net/2025/11/hamn...
Just went over my end of the year lists. Not a lot of big films (yes the festival films rule)
Going to have to do a whole entry for performances
Interestingly is the fact there are a lot of worst... er...disappointments. Way more than in years last.
Going to have to do a whole entry for performances
Interestingly is the fact there are a lot of worst... er...disappointments. Way more than in years last.
December 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Just went over my end of the year lists. Not a lot of big films (yes the festival films rule)
Going to have to do a whole entry for performances
Interestingly is the fact there are a lot of worst... er...disappointments. Way more than in years last.
Going to have to do a whole entry for performances
Interestingly is the fact there are a lot of worst... er...disappointments. Way more than in years last.