The Intruder – London Film Festival 2020
An intriguing opening and a musical finale bookend this Argentinian horror-thriller – but the middle sags and doesn’t live upContinue Reading
Tag: Thriller
Blu-Ray Review: Kino Lorber’s Variety (Kino Classics)
Bette Gordon’s virtuoso Variety is a Hitchcockian Thriller done through the female gaze. Kino Lorber brings this gem of a filmContinue Reading
Legally Declared Dead – Fantasia Film Festival 2020
Legally Declared Dead like Double Indemnity before it, showing that the world of Insurance Claims is a dangerous one, even in China. ThisContinue Reading
Bring Me Home – Fantasia Film Festival 2020
Actress Lee Young-ae comes roaring back to the screen with this intense thriller. Kim Seung-woo’s debut feature special enough toContinue Reading
Rom – Fantasia Film Festival 2020
Gambling may not be the root of all evil but in Vietnam it is pretty damn close. Rom is hustlingContinue Reading
Jesters: The Game Changers – Fantasia Film Festival 2020
Co-Writer/Director Kim Joo-ho’s crime caper comedy is as entertaining and relevant as any film released in 2020. Rumors, Gossip, orContinue Reading
Savage State – Fantasia Film Festival 2020
Take one-part Louisa May Alcott, one-part Sam Peckinpah, add a liberal amount of Revisionist Western and badassness. The results is Savage State.Continue Reading
The Block Sound Island – Fantasia Film Festival 2020
A little bit of HP Lovecraft infused storytelling with The McManus Brothers’ The Block Island Sound. Except… it’s not. But it is! TheContinue Reading
Alone – Fantasia Film Festival 2020
Alone is a standard-issue escape from a serial killer in the woods film. There is much to be said about theContinue Reading
Sheep Without a Shepard – Fantasia Film Festival 2020
Sam Quah’s feature film debut was a smash hit in his native China. It’s easy to see why. It’s aContinue Reading