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Japanese director Takashi Miike is prolific, to say the least. He has directed over 100 films, ranging from horrifying to...
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This past July, I wrote a piece on punk rockers in genre films, and how a new generation of filmmakers...
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In the face of prevalent everyday violence, desperate people search from something to blame. Grasping at straws, they blame video games for inspiring shootings, stating their simulated violence infiltrate the minds of youth. This claim is ridiculous, which is why director Jason Lei Howden (Deathgasm) stretches it to the ultimate...
There was something so captivating about Robert Eggers’ The Witch that we have talked about it constantly since its 2015...
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Jagoda Szelc’s second feature film, Monument, is a puzzling one. It is both a surreal nightmare akin to the works...
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Time travel movies are either extremely self-serious or expectedly goofy. Sci-fi films such as Looper and Predestination are dark action films that use time travel to save the world. Comedies such as Groundhog Day and series such as Russian Doll force the protagonists to confront their nasty ways, but through...
Computers break down, pizza dough rises and spinning roundhouse kicks fly high in the one-of-a-kind psychedelic spy flick Jesus Shows...
Punk rock was my first true love. We met in high school and the music changed my life forever. But...
In 1974, Brian de Palma’s rock-opera Phantom of The Paradise was an immediate box office success (but only in Winnipeg, Canada). The film played nonstop for over four months and the soundtrack record was certified Gold (but only in Winnepeg, Canada). Today, Phantom of The Paradise remains a celebrated classic that continues...
We had the absolute pleasure of speaking with singer/songwriter/composer/actor (and gent) Paul Williams at the 2019 Fantasia Film Festival. Music...
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For those of us who delight in seeing Nick Frost and Simon Pegg reunite on screen, Slaughterhouse Rulez held the...
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Perfect is Eddie Alcazar’s directorial debut featuring an ambitious cast of young actors, driven to delivering performances worth noting. Garrett Wareing, playing the central character, treads the film’s hyper-stylized landscapes with an ability to remain distinguished amid the over-the-top special effects and animation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8W9Ncacalg Executive produced by Steven...
