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There are good reasons moviegoers are wary of CGI. If it’s not done well, it can be distracting. Even when...
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The nature of human existence and one’s perception of reality can raise questions by challenging our own fundamental experience. In...
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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 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...
Opening the 2019 Fantasia Film Festival Underground program this year was a surprising indie film, and one of the festival’s...
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Monster movies are never just one thing. Night of the Living Dead isn’t just about zombies, it’s about prejudices rooted deeply into...
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...
French writer/director Quentin Dupieux has what can only be described as a unique approach to genre black comedy. His 2010...
Director Nicholas Pesce generated considerable buzz with his directorial debut, The Eyes of my Mother (2016). Now, with Piercing, he...
There is a special magic in the folk tale. Modern media can give you great stories, for sure. But folklore is in our bones. There’s something about an organic legend that just means more, as though its oral history or long lifespan gives it more worth. It’s been imbued by...
The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival wanted to keep its “Secret Screening” a true surprise. No Halloween, they said. no Suspiria....
There’s no one in the world of horror like Don Coscarelli. Beginning his professional film career at just 19, Don...
French filmmaker Gaspar Noé is know for making some of modern cinema’s most challenging films and while his most recent film Climax is not unlike his previous work, it is easily his most commercially accessible. For anyone concerned that the film would be as unsettling as Enter The Void or as...
