Fantasia 2020 Review: The Columnist
Not reading the comments is easier said than done in the horror-satire The Columnist, a satisfying look at one woman's response to her online trolls
Fantasia 2020 Review: Dinner In America
Adam Carter Rehmeier’s directorial debut is a punk rock romance that really shines once it gets past its clunky opening act.
Fantasia 2020 Review: The Mortuary Collection
Striking the perfect balance between devious and mischievous, The Mortuary Collection is bound to be a favorite dark anthology for years to come. Rather than a collection of various filmmakers, Ryan Spindell directed and wrote all of the bits and bobs of The Mortuary Collection. Much like 2017’s Ghost Stories there is a wraparound tale […]
Tenet Review: A Spoiler-Free Look at Christopher Nolan’s Latest
Here's our spoiler-free review of one of the most anticipated films of this very odd cinema season – Christopher Nolan's TENET.
Host Review: Ghost in the Machine
Host follows six bored friends, separated by the quarantine, who host a séance over Zoom and unwittingly invite an evil spirit into their homes.
Lovecraft Country Series Premiere: “Sundown” Review
HBO's new series chills by connecting the power of storytelling with the daily horror of racism in the USA.
The Pale Door Review: Little Coven On The Prairie
Westerns and witches should be a slam dunk for a movie mashup. The millinery alone is an exciting prospect, and that is just the hats! The Pale Door certainly starts out with some promise, but its lack of inertia and confusing allegiances stifle any potential for excitement. After watching their parents die in a late […]
Pariah Dog Review: More Than Just A Dog Version Of Kedi
Pariah Dog offers an experiential look at India's native dogs and the people on the sidelines of society who care for them
Sputnik Review: In Soviet Russia, Alien Invades You
Taking place near the end of the Cold War, Sputnik begins at the end of a space mission. Two cosmonauts are returning to Earth, but their flight does not go smoothly. By the time they are on land, Konstantin Veshnyakov (Pyotr Fyodorov) is the only one of the duo alive, though badly injured. Rather than […]
Tesla Review: An Experiment with Spark but No Current
New take on inventor Nikola Tesla serves the biopic genre for educational purposes, but not necessarily for entertainment.
Unhinged Review: Maximus Overdrive
Russell Crowe’s new thriller Unhinged sees the Oscar-winning actor play a homicidal maniac with a chip on his shoulder.
Spinster Review: A Pensive Anti-Rom-com
Spinster stars actor/comedian Chelsea Peretti as a recently-dumped middle-aged woman struggling with the idea of growing old alone.
She Dies Tomorrow Review: Enjoy The Dread
Filled with suffocating dread and a kiss of impending doom, She Dies Tomorrow asks an awfully big question of an ever increasing number of people. Speculative fiction is a tough genre to summarize, as its borders are a bit fuzzier than others. Typically, these stories can be boiled down to asking a single big question […]
La Llorona Review: Making the Political Personal
Horror film is not exploitative by nature. While there are far more examples of insensitivity to human life than not, this inherent frivolity comes from a desire to entertain, politicize or satirize, and not a necessary malice or fundamental nihilism. La Llorona is an empathetic film which draws its terror from legitimate evil and pays […]
The Burnt Orange Heresy Review: Everyone’s a Critic
After drolly skewering art curators in The Square, Claes Bang roasts art critics in The Burnt Orange Heresy.
