Director Nicholas Pesce generated considerable buzz with his directorial debut, The Eyes of my Mother (2016). Now, with Piercing, he...
French writer/director Quentin Dupieux has what can only be described as a unique approach to genre black comedy. His 2010...
Don Coscarelli, creator of the cult-favorite Phantasm series, has advice for people who want to get into independent film. In his book, True Indie, Don says that “An indie filmmakers reach needs to exceed his grasp,” and if you’re familiar with the practical effects Don uses to make his surreal films, you can...
Monster movies are never just one thing. Night of the Living Dead isn’t just about zombies, it’s about prejudices rooted deeply into...
Opening the 2019 Fantasia Film Festival Underground program this year was a surprising indie film, and one of the festival’s...
Jagoda Szelc’s second feature film, Monument, is a puzzling one. It is both a surreal nightmare akin to the works of David Lynch and a corruption of youth as seen in Pasolini’s 120 Days of Sodom, yet it still exists as its own wholly unique piece of perplexing art. It...
The nature of human existence and one’s perception of reality can raise questions by challenging our own fundamental experience. In...
There are good reasons moviegoers are wary of CGI. If it’s not done well, it can be distracting. Even when...
Chelsea Stardust has had a pretty killer year. She’s had not one, but two feature-length projects come to fruition. With Hulu’s Into the Dark: All That We Destroy we saw her explore the concept of modern motherhood. And then, we were introduced to the upper crust Mill Basin chapter of...
Taking drugs can bring up a wide range of emotions: anxiety, euphoria, numbness, the feeling of immortality or being connected...
Monster movies are never just one thing. Night of the Living Dead isn’t just about zombies, it’s about prejudices rooted deeply into...
Earlier this month, many of us were shocked to see our uncles or our old high school friends on Facebook sharing unsubstantiated claims that this whole pandemic is a hoax. Especially at a time like this, misinformation is running wild and some people would rather believe in conspiracy theories than...