Film Reviews

The past couple of months, I’ve had serial killers on the brain—particularly cinematic serial killers—which isn’t all that unusual of an occurrence for me, but this time around is particularly because I’m writing a book on Fritz Lang’s seminal M ...

When you’re about to be evicted and a treasure map falls in your lap, you know it’s time to change your plans and go on an adventure. This is what happens to Henry (Lucas Zumann) and his big sister, Joy, ...

Watching Alejandro Jodorowsky’s films can equate to a roller coaster. Realizing it’s going to be a wild ride, you prepare yourself from the first moment. Jodorowsky, now 88, is still relevant and thriving in the 21st century. The Chilean born ...

Provo, Utah’s Covey Center for the Arts hosted the 2017 FilmQuest Festival recently and the talent on display easily rivaled any of the preeminent US-based events including, Sundance and Tribeca, in terms of quality movies. Over 1,000 films and screenplays ...

There’s a scene in VampyrVidar (Vidar the Vampire) where the titular character (played by Thomas Aske Berg, who also co-writes/directs alongside Fredrik Waldeland) prays for an escape from his boring, Christian, farmstead lifestyle. In it, he asks the Almighty to ...

Ruskin Bond is India’s most celebrated writer of children’s literature. Coinciding with the celebration of his 83rd birthday is The Black Cat. Based on his story of the same name, it’s one of the many titles being screened at the ...

Although Happy Hunting (USA, 2017) may be another entry in the subgenre of films that use Richard Connell’s 1924 short story “The Most Dangerous Game” as their springboard, this debut from the writing/directing team of Joe Dietsch and Louie Gibson ...

One of the brashest, most gorgeous-looking films of this year is UK effort The Limehouse Golem (2016). Part horror thriller and part period-piece police procedural, the entertainment value runs high in this film, both when it is working at dazzling ...

United States/Italian coproduction Voice from the Stone (2017) is absolutely dazzling to the eye, with exterior scenes drenched in vibrant fall colors, and interior set designs of a weathered mansion meticulously adorned. This Gothic, psychological, supernatural tale is not as strong ...

Cut Shoot Kill (2017), written and directed by Michael Walker, fuses elements of gore, comedy and self-referential narrative to comment upon the production and reception of independent genre film. It concerns an ambitious actress, Serena (Alexandra Socha), who finds that ...