The subject of an instructional video cassette becomes aware of his own existence in Quinn Armstrong’s debut feature Survival Skills....
There is a helluva lot of art out there that wants to interrogate society’s relationship with violence. It’s as if...
Justin McConnell’s Clapboard Jungle documents five years in the life of an indie filmmaker. The documentary is not only a must-see for the advice from established filmmakers and producers, but also because McConnell takes you along for the rollercoaster ride of emotions involved in getting a project off the ground. You’re...
Two men go into space but three come back in Egor Abramenko’s atmospheric sci-fi horror Sputnik. It’s an alien invasion...
Social media can really bring out the worst in all of us. In Ivo Van Aart’s comedic thriller The Columinst...
Despite the fact that its title is my exact thought every time another news story breaks so far in 2020, Drag Me to Hell (2009), directed by Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead), is a masterclass in nostalgia and B-movie making that I am always thrilled to revisit. From the 1980’s...
You can count on one hand the number of good Bigfoot films there are in existence. This sad fact is...
Would you consider yourself a good person? Like, if you were to suddenly die today and it turned out the...
With so much misinformation flying around these days, we don’t readily attach credence to any movie claiming it is “based on true events.” That is exactly what was written on posters for Andrew Traucki’s Black Water. In its defense, the indie movie was inspired by a real-life case of children...
Let’s address the elephant in the room. I really had no clue whatsoever what to expect from a feature called...
Although most are familiar with the “La Llorona” legend, this latest adaptation is a fresh take that tackles the complicated...
The religious dark drama Nothing But the Blood – written and directed by Daniel Tucker—depicts a fundamentalist takeover of a small town. There are many reasons why people go to church. It could be a family tradition, or some people might find comfort and meaning in having faith after suffering...