The Whistlers, 2019. Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu. Starring Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon, Antonio Buíl, Rodica Lazar and Agustí Villaronga. SYNOPSIS: A bent cop becomes embroiled in a crime syndicate he was originally investigating and soon learns their secret language of coded whistles. The whistled language of ‘El Silbo’ dates back hundreds of years, way back […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – The El Duce Tapes
The El Duce Tapes, 2019. Directed by Rodney Ascher, David Lawrence, and Ryan Sexton. Starring Eldon Hoke and Steve Broy. SYNOPSIS: A posthumous examination of the life and times of controversial shock rocker Eldon Hoke, better known as El Duce, the lead singer of Seattle-based “rape-rock” band The Mentors. To many – this critic included […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Lara
Lara, 2019. Directed by Jan Ole Gerster. Starring Corinna Harfouch, Tom Schilling, Volkmar Kleinert, Rainer Bock, Gudrun Ritter and André Jung. SYNOPSIS: On her 60th birthday, a woman prepares to attend a piano concert being given by her virtuoso son. At the beginning of Jan Ole Gerster’s patient character study Lara, the title character stands […]
The Flash Season 6 Episode 1 Review – ‘Into the Void’
Jessie Robertson reviews the season 6 premiere of The Flash… Welcome back to Central City! Season 6 kicks off with everything you get in The Flash package: action, drama and a whole lot of science! Our season opener deals with the backlash of the last season’s finale, where we saw the tragic death(?) of Nora […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound, 2019. Directed by Midge Costin. Starring Walter Murch, Ben Burtt, Steven Spielberg, David Lynch, Sofia Coppola, and Ryan Coogler. SYNOPSIS: An exploration of the history, artistry, and emotional power of cinema sound, as revealed by legendary sound designers and visionary directors, via interviews, clips from movies, and a […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Rewind
Rewind, 2019. Directed by Sasha Joseph Neulinger. Starring Sasha Joseph Neulinger. SYNOPSIS: Digging through the vast collection of his father’s home videos, a young man reconstructs the unthinkable story of his boyhood and exposes vile abuse passed through generations. Is there a more noble use of filmmaking, especially the documentary form, than to lay one’s […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – A White, White Day
A White, White Day, 2019. Written and directed by Hlynur Pálmason. Starring Ingvar E Sigurðsson and Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir. SYNOPSIS: In a remote Icelandic town, an off duty police chief begins to suspect a local man for having had an affair with his wife, who recently died in a car accident. Gradually his obsession for […]
Black Lightning Season 3 Premiere Review – “The Book of Occupation: Chapter One: Birth of Blackbird”
Red Stewart reviews the season 3 premiere of Black Lightning… I’ve been trying to wrap my head around what exactly it is I just watched on TV last night. The thing that aired was supposedly the season 3 premiere of Black Lightning, yet to call it anything resembling good writing would be to drop the […]
Movie Review – Holiday Hell (2019)
Holiday Hell, 2019. Directed by Jeremy Berg, David Burns, Jeff Ferrell, and Jeff Vigil. Starring Jeffrey Combs, Joel Murray, Jeff Bryan Davis, Lisa Coronado, and Meagan Karimi-Nase. SYNOPSIS: On Christmas Eve, a woman enters a shop looking for a last-minute gift. She meets a mysterious shopkeeper (Combs) who tells her the horrific stories behind four […]
October Horrors 2019 Day 8 – Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Bride of Frankenstein, 2019. Directed by James Whale Starring Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Elsa Lancaster and Ernest Thesiger. SYNOPSIS: After his original creation has run amok, Dr Henry Frankenstein is recruited by his old mentor Dr Pretorius to collaborate on a horrific new creation; a bride for the monster. If there is one thing horror […]
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