Magazine Dreams, 2023. Written and directed by Elijah Bynum. Starring Jonathan Majors, Haley Bennett, Taylour Paige, Mike O’Hearn, Harrison Page, and Harriet Sansom Harris. SYNOPSIS: A Black amateur bodybuilder struggles to find human connection in this exploration of celebrity and violence. Elijah Bynum (Hot Summer Nights) turns in an assured sophomore feature; a hugely depressing […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Birth/Rebirth
Birth/Rebirth, 2023. Co-written and directed by Laura Moss. Starring Marin Ireland, Judy Reyes, Breeda Wool, and A.J. Lister. SYNOPSIS: A morgue technician successfully reanimates the body of a little girl, but to keep her breathing she will need to harvest biological materials from pregnant women. When the girl’s mother, a nurse, discovers her baby alive, […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Kim’s Video
Kim’s Video, 2023. Directed by David Redmon and Ashley Sabin. SYNOPSIS: Playing with the forms and tropes of various cinema genres, the filmmaker sets off on a quest to find a legendary lost video collection of 55,000 movies in Sicily. It’s hardly a startling revelation that streaming killed the rental store, but following a glut […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Talk to Me
Talk to Me, 2022. Written and directed by Danny and Michael Philippou. Starring Sophie Wilde, Miranda Otto, Alexandra Jensen, Joe Bird, Otis Dhanji, and Zoe Terakes. SYNOPSIS: When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Sometimes I Think About Dying
Sometimes I Think About Dying, 2023. Directed by Rachel Lambert. Starring Daisy Ridley, Dave Merheje, Parvesh Cheena, Marcia Debonis, Meg Stalter, and Brittany O’Grady. SYNOPSIS: Fran, who likes to think about dying, makes the new guy at work laugh, which leads to dating and more. Now the only thing standing in their way is Fran […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Run Rabbit Run
Run Rabbit Run, 2023. Directed by Daina Reid. Starring Sarah Snook, Lily Latorre, Damon Herriman, and Greta Scacchi. SYNOPSIS: A fertility doctor who believes firmly in life and death must challenge her own values and confront a ghost from her past after noticing the strange behavior of her young daughter. A psychological horror film starring […]
Movie Review – Hatching (2022)
Hatching, 2022. Directed by Hanna Bergholm. Starring Jani Volanen, Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkilä, Saija Lentonen, Reino Nordin, and Oiva Ollila. SYNOPSIS: A young gymnast who tries desperately to please her demanding mother discovers a strange egg. She hides it and keeps it warm, but when it hatches, what emerges shocks them all. The horror genre […]
Movie Review – Wolf Manor (2022)
Wolf Manor, 2022. Directed by Dominic Brunt. Starring James Fleet, Jay Taylor, Nicky Evans, and Rupert Proctor. SYNOPSIS: Shooting a vampire movie in an old abandoned house should have worked like a dream. However, with the full moon, the nightmare begins. The body count rises as the cast and crew encounter the mansion’s resident werewolf. […]
Movie Review – Dark Glasses (2022)
Dark Glasses, 2022. Co-written and directed by Dario Argento. Starring Ilenia Pastorelli, Asia Argento, Andrea Gherpelli, and Mario Pirrello. SYNOPSIS: Diana, a young woman who lost her sight, finds a guide in a Chinese boy named Chin. Together they will track down a dangerous killer through the darkness of Italy. You’d be forgiven for assuming […]
Movie Review – Piggy (2022)
Piggy, 2022. Written and Directed by Carlota Pereda. Starring Laura Galán. SYNOPSIS: An overweight teen is bullied by a clique of cool girls poolside while holidaying in her village. The long walk home will change the rest of her life. Adapted from writer-director Carlota Pereda’s 2018 short of the same name, Piggy certainly makes as much […]
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