October 4, 2019 Fantastic Fest 2019: THE LONG WALK Review – A Patient Cautionary Fable Starring Yannawoutthi Chanthalungsy, Vilouna Phetmany, Por Silatsa Written by Christopher Larsen Directed by Mattie Do “Was there something I could
October 3, 2019 Gender Bashing: MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE And Cult Control Of Women’s Bodies The horror genre has long accessed a universal fear of losing control of our own bodies, in various ways. Proto-zombie
September 30, 2019 Fantastic Fest 2019: THE OTHER LAMB Review – A Staunch Feminine Take On The Cult Film Starring Michiel Huisman, Raffey Cassidy, Denise Gough Written by C.S. McMullen Directed by Małgorzata Szumowska In a small self-sufficient commune
September 30, 2019 Fantastic Fest 2019: SAINT MAUD Review – An Anointed Descent Into Madness Starring Jennifer Ehle, Morfydd Clark, Turlough Convery Written by Rose Glass Directed by Rose Glass Finally, a film for those
September 22, 2019 Fantastic Fest 2019: SCREAM, QUEEN! MY NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Review – Rips Your Heart Out Starring Mark Patton, Cecil Baldwin, Marshall Bell Directed by Roman Chimienti, Tyler Jensen Some of the best documentaries take a
September 20, 2019 Fantastic Fest 2019: THE GOLDEN GLOVE Review – Filthy Shock Horror Leavened With Humanity Starring Jonas Dassler, Margarethe Tiesel Written by Fatih Akin (screenplay), Heinz Strunk (novel) Directed by Fatih Akin The Golden Glove
September 19, 2019 TIFF 2019: RESIN Review – A Bleak Nordic Bildungsroman Starring Vivelill Søgaard Holm, Peter Plaugborg Written by Daniel Joseph Borgman Directed by Daniel Joseph Borgman Daniel Joseph Borgman enjoys
September 5, 2019 Gender Bashing: Feminine Fantasy in BRAID I like to think that, when writing her film Braid, director Mitzi Peirone was listening to the Stones’ timeless maxim:
August 21, 2019 Fantasia 2019: KOKO-DI KOKO-DA Review – Puts Grief In Purgatory Starring Peter Belli, Leif Edlund, Ylva Gallon Written by Johannes Nyholm Directed by Johannes Nyholm Grief and trauma are having a moment
August 8, 2019 Gender Bashing: THE EYES OF MY MOTHER’s Feminine Navigation of Violence A new Joker movie is on its way down the pike, and there are already critics and fans alike throwing
July 4, 2019 Gender Bashing: MAUS And The Use Of Male POV In A Woman’s Story Watching a horror movie as a woman can be oppositional at times. We love seeing a strong woman taking control
June 7, 2019 Gender Bashing: The Weaponization of Patriarchal Authority In THE CLOVEHITCH KILLER There are plenty of depictions of fatherhood in the horror genre. The Shining‘s Jack Torrance, Frailty‘s Daddy Meiks, and It’s