While horror has delved into the subconscious waters of our dreams many times before, director Anthony Scott Burns (Our House)...
Sometimes all that’s needed to bring new energy to a well-trod genre is to inject some deceptively simple innovation into...
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we consume entertainment. Instead of going to concerts, we’re watching musicians play acoustic songs in their living room. Instead of going to the movies, we’re streaming new releases at home. When it comes to film festivals, organizers had to either cancel, postpone, or...
As film fans, we are constantly in search for new, exciting and fresh material. This fact extends to franchises and...
The Welcome To The Blumhouse double-feature series has officially begun, kicking off with Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr’s Black Box and Veena Sud’s The...
Bruce McDonald is a Canadian treasure. He has directed some of my favorite films, such as zombie radio drama Pontypool and punk rock tour story Hard Core Logo. His latest movie is the surreal and jazzy Dreamland. It stars Stephen McHattie in two roles; in one, he’s a hitman having...
The female experience is such a broad phrase, one that feels othering and makes women feel like monsters. But director...
Being queer is pretty cool, but also pretty exhausting. As you search to find yourself in film, television, books, and...
Celebrating its 10th year, the Panic Film Festival kicks off on April 28th at the historic Screenland Armour Theatre in Kansas City, MO. This year’s lineup boasts 30+ features and 50+ short films including Lovecraftian found-footage, rage zombie bloodbaths, and good old-fashioned witchcraft. Kicking off the festival is a special...
Do you ever get the feeling you’re too polite for your own good? That your inability to speak up when...
Fair or not, films that have their release dates pushed back or flat-out shelved indefinitely tend to be looked down...
Tucked between the groundbreaking documentaries and independent features that always come to the Tribeca Film Festival are a series of short films that defy any sense of normalcy. Branded the ‘genre’ section of Tribeca’s short film menu, these small masterpieces explore humanity in ways that only science-fiction, horror, and fantasy...