Movie Reviews

Slamdance 2021 Review: Matthew Wade’s ‘A Black Rift Begins To Yawn’ Lovecraftian Horror Never Looked So… Bright?

Synopsis for A Black Rift Begins to Yawn: Through a mysterious circumstance, two former classmates come into possession of their deceased professor’s set of cassette tapes, which possibly contain recordings of strange signals from beyond the stars. As the women dig into the recordings, they begin to feel memories, the …

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Movie Review: The Vigil (2021) Fear Fights Jewish Faith

The Vigil (2021) is an inherently Jewish film. The reviewer is not, but will do his best to respectfully commentate from outside that perspective in this latest movie review. Synopsis for The Vigil: A young man agrees to fulfil the duties of a “shomer,” the ritualistic practice of looking after …

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Movie Review: ‘TYGER TYGER’ (2021) A Unique Modern Age Western-Drama

Tyger Tyger

Kerry Mondragon’s (Meet Me At A Funeral) stylized indie drama TYGER TYGER is quite the experience. The film stars Dylan Sprouse (Banana Split), Sam Quartin (Body Brokers), Eden Brolin (Arkansas), Craig Stark (Honeyboy), Max Madsen (Yellowstone), and Barbara Palvin (Giorgio Armani: Light di Gioia). Synopis for TYGER TYGER This film follows …

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Movie Review: ‘Wrong Turn: The Foundation’ (2021): Backwoods Horror With A Twist

Wrong Turn

Many of us grew up with the Wrong Turn franchise, and know that those films hold a special place in our hearts. Although I was hesitant about the announcement for the reimagining of Wrong Turn, the trailer, poster, and stills looked promising. The film was directed by Mike P. Nelson (read …

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Saro Varjabedian’s Crime Drama, ‘Respite’ (2021), Covers Touchy Yet Familiar Ground

The crime drama Respite (2021) wants to make a point about how past sins can prompt revenge. And it does so in some ways… it just gets a little too predictable and imitative. Gravitas Ventures recently snagged North American rights to Saro Varjabedian’s (Me To Play 2021) gritty feature film. Private …

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San Francisco Indie Fest 2021: Review of Acclaimed Documentary ‘Morgana’ (2019)

Recently, I had the opportunity to watch the documentary, Morgana, for the San Francisco Indie Fest 2021. I believe that pornography films, especially in the United States, are more times than not associated with being “dirty.” That wasn’t the vibe I got from the synopsis at all, and this is …

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Adam Egypt Mortimer’s ‘Archenemy’ (2020): An Anti-Hero Genre Mashup Movie Review

Adam Egypt Mortimer (read our interviews with him here and here) is a filmmaker I have come to deeply admire. Beginning with the supernatural, bully, revenge film of Some Kind of Hate (2015) to the thoughtful yet terrifying look into the horrors of mental health with Daniel Isn’t Real (2019 …

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Movie Review: Vincent Paronnaud’s ‘Hunted’ (2021) Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?

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“Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?” Hunted is the live-action, English-language, and solo directorial debut for acclaimed French filmmaker and comic artist Vincent Paronnaud (Cannes Jury Prize Winner Persepolis, Chicken With Plums). Co-written by Paronnaud alongside Léa Pernollet, the film stars Magritte Award-winning actors Lucie Debay (The Confession) and …

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