Voices in the Wind: 2020 Japan Cuts Film Festival
Director Nobuhiro Sawa’s Return to His Native Japan is a Reunion That’s Worth The 17-Year Wait Otsuchi. Every time 17-year-oldContinue Reading
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Welcome to Chechnya: 2020 True/False Film Festival Review
Documentary Chronicles Efforts of Modern Day “Underground Railroad” Saving LGBT+ Citizens From Genocidal Purge There’s a moment in Welcome toContinue Reading
The Lighthouse: Fantastic Fest 2019 Film Review
Robert Eggers’ Follow-Up to The Witch is One of the Best Films of 2019 As a 50-year-old film obsessive, I’veContinue Reading
Color Out of Space: Fantastic Fest 2019 Film Review
Director Richard Stanley Cracks the Lovecraft Equation with His First Major Film in Over 20 Years The stories of H.P.Continue Reading
Dolemite is My Name: Fantastic Fest 2019 Film Review
Eddie Murphy Delivers a Powerhouse Performance in the Comeback Film We’ve All Been Waiting For Usually a former mega-star mountsContinue Reading
After Midnight: Fantastic Fest 2019 Film Review
New Film From Writer-Director Jeremy Gardner Succeeds as a Horror Film and a Love Story The Battery, the 2012 debutContinue Reading
VFW: Fantastic Fest 2019 Film Review
New Film From Joe Begos is an Old School Action Breath of Fresh Air As a literal child of theContinue Reading
The Wretched: Arrow Video FrightFest 2019 Film Review
Horror Film Proves to Be a Fun Festival Find Genre mash-ups can be hard to pull off. Tones can clash.Continue Reading
Volition: Arrow Video FrightFest 2019 Film Review
Crime Film With a Sci-Fi Twist Has Genuine Heart I’m a sucker for films about time loops and time travelContinue Reading
The Nightingale: Film Review (2019)
Australian Writer-Director Jennifer Kent Follows Up The Babadook With A Sophomore Stunner I went into my screening of The NightingaleContinue Reading