Screening at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival as part of the Contemporary World Cinema lineup, Blaine Thurier’s Kicking Blood puts a unique spin on vampire…
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Vampires and filmmaking have been intertwined since the earliest days of cinema, when F. W. Murnau’s Nosferatu first terrified audiences in 1922, nearly a decade before…
The 2021 Toronto International Film Festival is officially underway, kicking things off last night with the world premiere of Dear Evan Hansen, the feature film adaptation…
The 2021 Fantasia International Film Festival has come to a close, and after experiencing heart-pounding scares in The Night House and religious zealotry taken to extremes…
A wickedly funny but wildly uneven riff on office politics, Kazuaki Seki’s Office Royale — enjoying its Canadian premiere at the 2021 Fantasia International Film Festival…
Edoardo Vitaletti’s feature-length debut, The Last Thing Mary Saw, is a somber horror tale set in the winter of 1843, where a forbidden romance will have…
Revenge thrillers are rarely in short supply, particularly at genre-heavy affairs like the 2021 Fantasia International Film Festival, and often require something truly unique in order…
The exploration of grief through the horror genre isn’t exactly a new concept — examples can be found as far back as 1973’s Don’t Look Now…
The Fantasia International Film Festival is back for its 25th anniversary, once again embracing a virtual event composed of scheduled screenings, an on-demand film library, panels,…
The 2021 Toronto International Film Festival continues to shape up, with Dear Evan Hansen — director Stephen Chbosky’s adaptation of the smash hit Broadway musical –…
The 2021 Tribeca Film Festival has officially come to an end, and we’re wrapping up the last of our coverage with more brief impressions of some…
Adapting video games into feature-length films can be a tricky undertaking, and Hollywood has churned out a lengthy list of failures with few success stories in…
As the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival winds down, tension-filled home invasion thriller See For Me — centering on Sophie, a blind woman house-sitting in a remote…
When the New Orleans City Council voted to remove several Confederate monuments in December 2015, they probably didn’t expect groups of armed civilians to stand vigil…
When Columbus, Ohio-based filmmakers Ori Segev and Noah Dixon set out to make their first feature, they never expected it to screen at a major film…
In a forgotten rural town, Dwight (Patrick Fugit) and his sister Jessie (Ingrid Sophie Schram) care for their younger brother Thomas (Owen Campbell), a frail thing…
The 2021 Tribeca Film Festival is now in full swing, marking the first major North American film festival to host in-person screenings since the beginning of…
The 2021 Tribeca Film Festival kicks off tomorrow night with the world premiere of In the Heights, Jon M. Chu’s feature film adaptation of the Tony…
The SXSW Film Festival has always welcomed genre films with open arms, and despite going virtual, SXSW 2021 is no different. As the festival continues, we…
The 2021 SXSW Film Festival is officially underway! After the COVID-19 pandemic forced a last-minute cancellation of last year’s event, SXSW 2021 is a strictly online…
The 2021 SXSW Film Festival is officially underway! After the COVID-19 pandemic forced a last-minute cancellation of last year’s event, SXSW 2021 is a strictly online…
After a last-minute cancellation in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, SXSW — Austin’s annual celebration of film, music, comedy and interactive media — is going…
The SXSW Film Festival has always welcomed genre films with open arms, and even though the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has turned the festival’s 2021 edition into…
Horror director and SXSW alumni Mickey Keating (Carnage Park) returns to the Austin-based festival in 2021 with his latest feature, the nightmarish thriller Offseason, starring Jocelin…
The 2020 edition of the SXSW Film Festival was sidelined as the COVID-19 pandemic began to take hold in the United States, just weeks before the…
“With little pride and less hope, we begin the new year.” While those words could adequately characterize a more recent time period, in the case of…
As the 2021 Sundance Film Festival begins winding down, with several films getting picked up for distribution — including CODA, which set a new record for…
Premiering at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, Eight for Silver — the latest from director Sean Ellis (Anthropoid) — is an atmospheric thriller about a remote…
Jesus Christ, where do I even start? Prisoners of the Ghostland, Sion Sono’s first English-language feature (although there’s still a healthy amount of spoken Japanese) is…
Golden Globe winner Robin Wright is no stranger to stepping behind the camera, having directed multiple episodes of the critically acclaimed Netflix series House of Cards,…
The 2021 Sundance Film Festival is in full swing, with the (mostly) digital presentation already generating plenty of buzz for a number of titles. We’ll continue…
While mostly known for its dramatic selections, the Sundance Film Festival has played host to some stellar horror entries, particularly in recent years with standouts like…
The 2021 Sundance Film Festival is in full swing, with the (mostly) digital presentation already generating plenty of buzz for a number of titles. We’ll continue…
The coming of age drama is a tried-and-true indie staple, one whose cookie-cutter character archetypes and predictable story beats can often feel like the equivalent of…