NIGHTSTREAM 2020: Haunting ’32 MALASAÑA STREET’ Delivers Effective Spanish Frights
A film review of '32 Malasaña Street' directed by Albert Pintó and starring Begoña Vargas as part of our Nightstream 2020 coverage.
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NIGHTSTREAM 2020: Atmospheric Horror Game Adaptation ’DETENTION’ Left Me Cold
John Hsu’s Detention gives a horror movie makeover to Taiwan’s darkest moment in history. Taking place during the country’s period known as the “White Terror”, a 38-year period of martial law where 140,000 alleged “political dissidents” were jailed and countless others executed by the state, Detention attempts to mix dark fantastical elements in with real-world...
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NIGHTSTREAM 2020: Rancid ‘HUNTED’ A Sadistic Episode of Pointless Cruelty and Unchecked Misogyny
A film review of 'Hunted' written and directed by Vincent Paronnaud and starring Lucie Debay and Christian Broncha as part of our Nighthawk 2020 Film Festival coverage.
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SUNDANCE 2020: Scattershot ’THE NOWHERE INN’ A Meta-Movie About Celebrity Expectations
Sundance 2020 review of 'The Nowhere Inn' starring Annie Clark and Carrie Brownstone.
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SUNDANCE 2020: ‘RELIC’ and the True Horror of Senility
Sundance 2020 review of 'Relic' directed by Natalie Erika James and starring Emily Mortimer.
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SUNDANCE 2020: ‘POSSESSOR’ Is A Blood-Soaked Murder Inception That Continues The Cronenberg Legacy
Sundance 2020 film review of 'Possessor' directed by Brandon Cronenberg and starring Andrea Riseborough and Christopher Abbott.
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SUNDANCE 2020: Amusing ‘DOWNHILL’ Remake Assumes American Stance, Lets Comic Giants Ride
A remake of the critically-acclaimed Swedish drama Force Majeure, Downhill is kind of exactly like most American remakes of critically-acclaimed foreign dramas: amusing but unnecessary. A blue-square redo of a double-black-diamond story. With the hard-packed dual casting of Will Ferrell (who’s better here than he’s been in years) and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (who also produced), the...
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SUNDANCE 2020: Character-Driven U.K. Horror ‘AMULET’ Takes Time But Packs Punch
Sundance 2020 movie review of 'Amulet' directed by Romola Garai and starring Alec Secareanu and Carla Juri.
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SUNDANCE 2020: Benh Zeitlin’s Gritty Pan Redux ’WENDY’ A Gorgeous Hot Mess
Sundance 2020 review of 'Wendy' directed by Behn Zeitlin and starring Devin France.
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SUNDANCE 2020: Humanist Spy Thriller ’IRONBARK’ Is On a Mission to Move You
Sundance 2020 review of 'Ironbark' directed by Dominic Cooke and starring Benedict Cumberbatch.