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
THERE ARE NO WORDS at @SBIFF is a tough look at the director's mother who suffered from mental illness & abuse. Recommended with the warning it may stir up the hornets nest of your life www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/ther...
There Are No Words (2025) Santa Barbara 2026
Filmmaker Min Sook Lee tries to piece to gether what happened with her mother who committed suicide when she was 12. Belt in ladies and gent...
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February 13, 2026 at 12:15 PM
THERE ARE NO WORDS at @SBIFF is a tough look at the director's mother who suffered from mental illness & abuse. Recommended with the warning it may stir up the hornets nest of your life www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/ther...
Thoughts on the @SBIFF film IN THE ROOM about five Afghan women who live in Canada and try to reveal the life they left behind
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Brief thoughts on In The Room (2026) Santa Barbara 2026
This is the story of five Afghan women who flked their country and use their positions in Canada to try and reveal the life they left behind...
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February 13, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Thoughts on the @SBIFF film IN THE ROOM about five Afghan women who live in Canada and try to reveal the life they left behind
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I never heard about this Long Island Haunting
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The Seaford Poltergeist: Long Island’s 1958 Haunting | The Fall Asleep Podcast #69
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February 13, 2026 at 2:34 AM
I never heard about this Long Island Haunting
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So what do after I cam back from screenings- wrote up a bunch of films that are still 10 days out instead of the films I need reviewed foir the beginning of the week.
Yea my priorities are broken.
Yea my priorities are broken.
February 13, 2026 at 1:49 AM
So what do after I cam back from screenings- wrote up a bunch of films that are still 10 days out instead of the films I need reviewed foir the beginning of the week.
Yea my priorities are broken.
Yea my priorities are broken.
I hate it when you see a great film and they tell you you can't really talk it up
February 12, 2026 at 11:20 PM
I hate it when you see a great film and they tell you you can't really talk it up
The documentary WOBNDERS OF THE WOLF has premiered at @SBIFF www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/wond...
Wonders Of The Wolf (2025) Santa Barbara 2026
This is a look at the wolf packs that were reintroduced into Yellstone National Park. This is a beautiful film about the efforts to correct...
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February 12, 2026 at 11:12 PM
The documentary WOBNDERS OF THE WOLF has premiered at @SBIFF www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/wond...
Brief thoughts on the @SBIFF short SOUND OF THINGS ABLAZE www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/le-b...
Le bruit des choses qui brûlent | The Sounds of Things Ablaze (2025) Santa Barbara
A woman deals with memories of war. This animated film is a trip into the head space of a woman who had suffered in a time of war. The film ...
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February 12, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Brief thoughts on the @SBIFF short SOUND OF THINGS ABLAZE www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/le-b...
Everytime I speak with one of my favorite directors I know my younger self is shaking his head in disbelief
February 12, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Everytime I speak with one of my favorite directors I know my younger self is shaking his head in disbelief
I just spoke with one my favorite directors Jerimiah Kipp about his film version of MORTUARY ASSISSTANT. It was great. I can't wait to share
February 12, 2026 at 1:06 AM
I just spoke with one my favorite directors Jerimiah Kipp about his film version of MORTUARY ASSISSTANT. It was great. I can't wait to share
have you guys ever heard the radio sho The Man From Homicide? Dan Duryea stars as cop who speaks in Hard boiled -eze that walks the fine line between brilliantly poetic and laughly bad
There are few things like it
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There are few things like it
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The Man From Homicide (1951) - YouTube
OTRR-maintained version 2111 of The Man From Homicide, all available episodes. Series summary by Karl Schadow ©2021. While the murderer’s modus operandi vari...
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February 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM
have you guys ever heard the radio sho The Man From Homicide? Dan Duryea stars as cop who speaks in Hard boiled -eze that walks the fine line between brilliantly poetic and laughly bad
There are few things like it
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There are few things like it
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Never mind that MORTUARY ASSISSTANT is based on a video game, director Jerimiah Kipp has made one deeply disturbing horror film. Kipp continues to be not only one of my favorite directors but also one of the best horror creators out there. See this film
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Mortuary Assaistant (2026)
Jerimiah Kipp's films are so good that I am continuously shocked that he hasn't risen to the level of horror icons like Wes Craven, George R...
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February 11, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Never mind that MORTUARY ASSISSTANT is based on a video game, director Jerimiah Kipp has made one deeply disturbing horror film. Kipp continues to be not only one of my favorite directors but also one of the best horror creators out there. See this film
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I don't have to watch any more films do I?
I mean I met my quota right?
They won't think I'm bad if I stop now, will they?
I mean I met my quota right?
They won't think I'm bad if I stop now, will they?
February 11, 2026 at 11:28 PM
I don't have to watch any more films do I?
I mean I met my quota right?
They won't think I'm bad if I stop now, will they?
I mean I met my quota right?
They won't think I'm bad if I stop now, will they?
The trailer for UNDERCARD with Wanda Sykes in a dramatic role
The movie is good... Sykes is so good you'll wonder why she hasn't been doing dramas previously. She should get awards notice- but the awards won't notice her
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The movie is good... Sykes is so good you'll wonder why she hasn't been doing dramas previously. She should get awards notice- but the awards won't notice her
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Undercard Trailer - Catalyst Studios
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February 11, 2026 at 11:28 PM
The trailer for UNDERCARD with Wanda Sykes in a dramatic role
The movie is good... Sykes is so good you'll wonder why she hasn't been doing dramas previously. She should get awards notice- but the awards won't notice her
youtu.be/gcNiiNNdkEA?...
The movie is good... Sykes is so good you'll wonder why she hasn't been doing dramas previously. She should get awards notice- but the awards won't notice her
youtu.be/gcNiiNNdkEA?...
So- the place we usually stay when we go to the Drive in Monsterama in Vandergrift Pa, went from the usual 80ish dollars a night to over 300 because the NFL draft is in Pittsburgh
February 11, 2026 at 11:26 PM
So- the place we usually stay when we go to the Drive in Monsterama in Vandergrift Pa, went from the usual 80ish dollars a night to over 300 because the NFL draft is in Pittsburgh
Reggie Bannister is in Hospice
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February 11, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Reggie Bannister is in Hospice
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I have not seen anything other than the poster for Wuthering Heights
February 11, 2026 at 12:41 PM
I have not seen anything other than the poster for Wuthering Heights
Thoughts on THE LAST PUESTERO which is playing at SBIFF www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/the-...
THE LAST PUESTERO (2026) Santa Barbara (2026)
This is the story of Adonai Jara, a gaucho, who work on a remote ranch in Arentina. We watch as he goes through his routine and tries to con...
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February 11, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Thoughts on THE LAST PUESTERO which is playing at SBIFF www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/the-...
A night of shorts and one feature -most of which I won't review for various reasons that make doing so nigh impossible- for example several are essentially blackouts where everything works to a payoff that makes the film- and keeps me from saying anything other than its simply good or not
February 11, 2026 at 2:30 AM
A night of shorts and one feature -most of which I won't review for various reasons that make doing so nigh impossible- for example several are essentially blackouts where everything works to a payoff that makes the film- and keeps me from saying anything other than its simply good or not
TOUGH OLD BROADS at SBIFF is about three women who pushed the envelope and changed the world for the better. The only flaw in the film is that each of the women deserves a standalone feature of their own
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TOUGH OLD BROADS (2026) Santa Barbra 2026
Sharon Farmer This is a portrait of three women who changed the world in their time and are astill pushing the boundries of what women are s...
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February 11, 2026 at 2:27 AM
TOUGH OLD BROADS at SBIFF is about three women who pushed the envelope and changed the world for the better. The only flaw in the film is that each of the women deserves a standalone feature of their own
www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/toug...
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THE OTHER ROE which is premiering at SBIFF is the story of the other case that was decided at the same time as ROE V WADE which looked into access to abortion. Its a great film, but there is too much material for a short so it needs to be expanded
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The Other Roe (2026) Santa Barbara 2026
This is a portrait of lawyer Margie Pitts Hames who argued the case of Doe vs Bolton, which was decided at the same time as Roe vs Wade. Doe...
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February 10, 2026 at 11:27 PM
THE OTHER ROE which is premiering at SBIFF is the story of the other case that was decided at the same time as ROE V WADE which looked into access to abortion. Its a great film, but there is too much material for a short so it needs to be expanded
unseenfilms.net/2026/02/the-...
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ROSE COME BACK TO ME about the Kpop group Rose opens for Valentines Day. Even if you aren't a fan you'll love this www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/rose...
ROSE COME BACK TO ME (2025) releases Valentines Day
With ROSE COME BACK TO ME opening on Valentines Day here is my review from when it Premiered at Tribeca last year. One of my favorite discov...
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February 10, 2026 at 12:12 PM
ROSE COME BACK TO ME about the Kpop group Rose opens for Valentines Day. Even if you aren't a fan you'll love this www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/rose...
I assure you I am going to NYICFF this year- I am having issues sorting out what I'm going to.
Its the Moomins fault- Im trying to sort out how to see the Moomins before I buy my tickets
Its the Moomins fault- Im trying to sort out how to see the Moomins before I buy my tickets
February 10, 2026 at 2:59 AM
I assure you I am going to NYICFF this year- I am having issues sorting out what I'm going to.
Its the Moomins fault- Im trying to sort out how to see the Moomins before I buy my tickets
Its the Moomins fault- Im trying to sort out how to see the Moomins before I buy my tickets
I'm doing coverage of five of festivals at the same time (Films run now into March) and they are some of my favorite festivals- and I'm becoming shocked at how flat most of the selections are. The films are (mostly) fine but there are almost no peaks and valleys. Its all grey
February 9, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I'm doing coverage of five of festivals at the same time (Films run now into March) and they are some of my favorite festivals- and I'm becoming shocked at how flat most of the selections are. The films are (mostly) fine but there are almost no peaks and valleys. Its all grey