It’s nice to know, in real time, that Gen-Z’s going to be alright. Despite all the hair-pulling and screaming about the death of art in the modern world (mostly by Boomers), there’s been a steady rise of artists under 25 tackling real-world...
Can an ending completely save a film? That’s the question I found myself asking coming out of Watcher, the directorial debut of acclaimed short film director Chloe Okuno. With a catchy hook reminiscent of the early films of Polanski and Argento...
It takes a skilled hand to make something truly terrifying a laughingstock. It has to raise serious questions and shine a light on the subject while simultaneously taking the complete piss out of it. In Emergency, Carey Williams adapts his own...
There’s truly nothing worse than watching a movie with a good idea make all the wrong choices. Such is the case with Alice, the first film by director Krystin Ver Linden. It’s sort of like a peanut butter and sauerkraut sandwich; there’s nothing...
You know what’s rare, especially in this day and age? An optimistic science fiction film. 95% of most modern science fiction (really, a good percentage of all science fiction) is dystopic, either predicting a catastrophic future because of...
The phrase “elevated horror” is thrown around with relative ease these days. While horror has always tackled serious issues and societal fears head-on, ever since The Babadook and Get Out inserted a smart socio-political message inside its...
The general consensus out of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival was that while the good stuff was great, it was, overall, a weaker year for the festival. As I wrap up my personal schedule, I tend to agree. There were very few big swings, which...
Starting tomorrow, the 2022 Sundance Film Festival will commence from its base in Park City, Utah. And just like last year, because time is a flat circle and it turns out we’re in an eternal cycle of incompetence of the highest order, Sundance...
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