In 1993 Kashmir, a teenager searching for his missing best friend is forced by an Indian Army captain to collect identification cards from a valley of corpses, becoming an outcast in his own village while fearing his friend may be among the dead.
Score: 8/10
Director / Writer:Travis Hodgkins (based on The Collaborator by Mirza Waheed)
"Line of Control" is well acted, well scored and shot with greens so bright they’re almost technicolor.
“I Heard Your Footsteps…”
Nikhil Singh Rai in his first role as The Boy in Line of Control
Travis Hodgkins’s Line of Control (2026) is an emotional, beautifully produced wartime thriller that will leave the audience with a better idea of the true cost of freedom. Set in the ‘90s leading up to the Kashmir conflict and insurgency, Line of Control is the story of a boy (newcomer Nikhil Singh Rai) and his group of school friends, deciding how best to direct their own journeys into adulthood. Through the lives of the Famous 4 and their loved ones, the audience is led through a hard lesson of war ruining lives, and the deals we make to protect others and the lies we tell to protect ourselves.
When Taylor can’t get her party store shift covered after her dad dies, she makes a deadly mistake that sparks a downward spiral of red, white and blue-collared chaos.
Score: 8/10
Director / Writer:Jared Sprouse/Barrett Jay
Starring:Ainsley Seiger, Phillip Andre Botello, Ben Weinswig, Sharahya Carter, Jorge A. Sanchez, Joe Hoenig
Genre:thriller, horror, indie
Runtime:89 min
Release:2026
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Party USA can also be looked at as a political statement about the danger of white women's tears and the harm they cause to the people of color around them. In Party USA there is a villain, but it may not be who or what you think it is.
Rockin My Hips Like Yeah
Friday (Jorge A. Sanchez) makes promises, promises, promises, and Taylor (Ainsley Seiger) has not choice but to believe them.
What happens when after the party, all you’re left with is the hangover? On its face Jared Sprouse’s feature Party USA (2026) is a taut thriller about grief and the things we do to protect ourselves and loved ones. Set under the banner of the deep South, the film explores what happens when your ceiling is zero and your dreams and hopes go as far 1. And while it is certainly that, Party USA can also be looked at as a political statement about the danger of white women’s tears and the harm they cause to the people of color around them. In Party USA there is a villain, but it may not be who or what you think it is.
