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.
NIGHTSTREAM ’20 REVIEW
NIGHTSTREAM ’20 REVIEW
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...
NIGHTSTREAM ’20 REVIEW
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.
SUNDANCE ’20 REVIEW
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.
SUNDANCE ’20 REVIEW
SUNDANCE 2020: ‘RELIC’ and the True Horror of Senility
Sundance 2020 review of 'Relic' directed by Natalie Erika James and starring Emily Mortimer.
SUNDANCE ’20 REVIEW
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.
SUNDANCE ’20 REVIEW
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...
SUNDANCE ’20 REVIEW
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.
SUNDANCE ’20 REVIEW
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.
SUNDANCE ’20 REVIEW
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.