Peter Strickland’s films are always difficult to define, from his ode to the Italian Giallo in Berberian Sound Studio to the women-only alternate universe BDSM romance of The Duke of Burgundy. His newest film, In Fabric, is firmly in the horror camp, but is too stylish and bizarre to fit easily into any sub-genre.
With recent true crime series like Kidnapped in Plain Sight and Leaving Neverland, the conversation afterwards always steers towards, “How did they really not see what was going on?” This is a difficult question; from an outside perspective, it seems impossible that we wouldn’t see through a pedophile or sociopath’s motives right away, …
The indie drama scene is full of quirky romances; that might even be how you define indie drama. There’s a reason for it, obviously: relationships are hard, and are rarely as clean and defined as those seen in Hollywood romances. The complex ins and outs of a new relationship are …
We’ve all seen the film about a family that is brought together by the illness or death of a loved one, wrought with melodrama and big, broad performances. The Farewell is not that.
When your favorite film critic was 9 years old, the character then known as Captain Marvel was his absolute favorite superhero of all time. There’s just something inherent in the concept that really appeals to little guys. The idea that with one magic word you could turn into an adult, …
Gaspar Noe is a filmmaker that revels in controversy, or at least that’s the way it seems from the outset. There’s a brutal immediacy to his work that is instantly appealing, and to some degree gripping. While Irreversible is a taut examination and rumination on violence and its ripple effects, it’s also …
Polar, a Netflix adaptation of a spy thriller graphic novel, is terrible in nearly every way a movie can be bad. Do not watch it.
It’s been a fantastic year for sound in film, and as GeekRex’s resident sound guy, I look forward to making my picks all year! The lineup of films is pretty awesome, and one of my picks has maybe the best mix in cinematic history. Hopefully this will open some ears and …
This year’s Buried Alive Film Festival has perhaps the best crop of short horror films I’ve seen to date! As always, if any of these sounds interesting to you, seek them out and support the filmmakers!
This year’s selection of feature films at the Buried Alive Film Festival 2018 was easily the best I’ve seen in years. From an insightful documentary to neon gore, there was certainly something for every horror fan! Here is my rundown of all the features shown at this year’s festival.
Have you ever found yourself watching a Studio Ghibli movie and thinking, “I wish these child characters suffered a strange bodily transformation”? Or perhaps you were watching The Fly and lamented the fact that Cronenberg hasn’t made a children’s body horror film.
“The time will come when our personality begins and our viral existence ends. That will be a real fucking mess! You won’t exist without internet.” This quote from the new Spanish horror film Framed sums up the complex ideas that the film manages to explore underneath its bloody exterior.
There’s a small subgenre of horror films that I like to call the descent-into-madness film. It’s a tried and true, from Fuller’s Shock Corridor to Aronofsky’s Black Swan to Kon’s Perfect Blue, and when it’s done right it can be as unsettling and mesmerizing as the goriest Italian Giallo. These films do run the risk …
Movies and sitcoms often throw around the term “dysfunctional family” like a sort of cute tagline to describe a quirky, semi-likable bunch of characters who occasionally don’t get along; the relatable sort of family strife you can digest along with your dinner. But Hereditary uses horror and the supernatural as a springboard for a more disturbing portrayal of dysfunction.
This year’s Atlanta Film Fest was easily the best I’ve been to in years, and featured some truly exceptional feature and short films. In addition to the full reviews and the best shorts of the fest, I figured it was worth doing quick takes on every movie I caught at the festival.
