Mariama Diallo’s debut feature Master follows two black professors and a black freshman as they navigate the tortured history and hostile environment of the predominantly white Ancaster College. As a horror film, Master leaves some of its scares on the table but it lays bare the darker truths of a country haunted by the...
Prano Bailey-Bond’s Censor is a mind-bending examination of the Video Naty hysteria that gripped Britain in the late 1980s. The film features a brilliant performance from Niamh Algar (Raised By Wolves) as Enid Baines, a prim-and-proper film board censor with a tortured past. She’s kept the lip sealed on that...
Harpo & Lenny Guit’s Mother Schmuckers (Fils de Plouc) is a filthy, revolting gonzo-comedy that would put a smile on John Waters’ face. That not just because the movie opens with two brothers pan-frying dogshit, but it helps. Mother Schmuckers is an experiment in poor taste filled with nearly everything your average viewer...
You know when cult king Nic Cage says a movie “might be the wildest movie I’ve ever made”, you’re in for a trip. Samurai Western Prisoners of The Ghostland, celebrating its world premiere at Sundance 2021 virtual edition, has some big shoes to fill, following in a progression of increasingly...