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A group of people perform yoga stretches. The are pictured in a golden hue.

How Twisted Yoga Centres Care Amid a Web of Lies

by Pat Mullen
March 14, 2026
Features/Interviews

An interview with Twisted Yoga director Rowan Deacon and executive producer Suzanne Lavery on their true crime doc now streaming on Apple.

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A Hare Krishna follower sits beneath a black and white portrait of his guru. The follower is a white man in an orange robe with a shaved head.

Monkey on a Stick Will Restore Your Faith in True Crime

by Pat Mullen
October 18, 2024
Features/Interviews

An interview with Monkey on a Stick director Jason Lapeyre about investigation systemic corruption within ISKCON and the Hare Krishna movement.

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AUM: The Cult and the End of the World Review – Faith in Chaos

by Jason Gorber
January 25, 2023
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AUM: The Cult and the End of the World probes the makings of a Japanese cult responsible for a Sarin gas attack in a Tokyo subway.

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Me and the Cult Leader Review: Modern Report on Banality of Evil

by Matthew Hays
November 17, 2020
Festivals/Reviews

Atsushi Sakahara’s Me and the Cult Leader tells of an encounter between a survivor and a member of the cult that harmed him.

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Review: ‘Holy Hell’

by Jason Gorber
May 2, 2016
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Despite the flaws in Holy Hell, the documentary's subject matter is so intoxicating, the footage unique and the characters so fascinating.

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