Blood Diner and the American Art of Excess
The horror comedy can be a tricky genre to pull off, even though both horror and comedy have striking similarities.Continue Reading
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Siberia ★★½
Following 2019’s Tommaso, master of grit, rebel auteur Abel Ferrara returns with Willem Dafoe for a lofty nightmarish charge atContinue Reading
The Reality of Demons in Lovely Molly
Newlyweds Molly (Gretchen Lodge) and Tim (Johnny Lewis) move into Molly’s old childhood home, both her parents having been deadContinue Reading
Paranoia and Duty in The Thing
John Carpenter‘s affinity for Howard Hawks is always apparent in his work. Hawksian women fill his filmography, especially when oneContinue Reading
Signs of the End or Mere Coincidence?
Coincidence. Purpose. Faith. Is somebody out there or are we alone? Either each detail in life is a sign ofContinue Reading
Bodies and Costumes in Ms. 45
Exploitation cinema, specifically rape-revenge, tends to grind bodies down to pure grit. Characters and cameras alike brutalise their victims, withContinue Reading
Most Anticipated of October 2020
Video on Demand By Alex Sitaras October means Halloween, and for this reason it would be remiss if we didn’tContinue Reading
The Power of Restraint in The Blair Witch Project
“You gonna write us a happy ending, Heather?” Very few films can be attributed to reviving an entire subgenre andContinue Reading
Da 5 Bloods ★★★½
Spike Lee has always been an ambitious filmmaker with a strong desire to delve into social issues that demand complexContinue Reading
LX 2048 ★★
LX 2048, the newest film from writer/director Guy Moshe (Bunraku), has unexpected resonance during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the film’sContinue Reading
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