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‘Broadcast Signal Intrusion’ Is A Paranoid Descent Into Endless Mystery [SXSW Review]

March 17, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

What happens when you combine technophobia, conspiracy theory and a dogged investigation into the seedy underbelly of society? 

You get 90s throwback Broadcast Signal Intrusion. [Read more…]

Filed Under: SXSW Tagged With: Chris Sullivan, Harry Shum Jr, Jacob Gentry, James Swanton, Kelley Mack, Richard Cotovsky, Steve Pringle

‘The Feast’ Serves Up Beauty and Grand Guignol Carnage [SXSW Review]

March 17, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

Welsh film The Feast opens with an employee manning an oil drill stumbling away from a dig site, blood covering their face.

It’s visually disconnected from the cold, sterile environment where the rest of the film takes place, but this seemingly incongruous opening hangs heavy over a dinner party from hell.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: SXSW Tagged With: Annes Elwy, Bjørn Ståle Bratberg, Julian Lewis Jones, Lee Haven Jones, Lisa Palfrey, Nia Roberts, Rhodri Meillir, Roger Williams, Sion Alun Davies, Stefan Cennydd

‘Offseason’ Delivers Style Over Substance and Scares [SXSW Review]

March 17, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

What happens when you throw Silent Hill into a horror mumblecore blender?

You get Offseason! [Read more…]

Filed Under: SXSW Tagged With: Jeremy Gardner, Jocelin Donahue, Joe Swanberg, Melora Walters, Mickey Keating, Richard Brake

[Nightstream Review] Exploring a Broad Range of Queer Horror in the ‘Slayed’ Shorts Program

October 12, 2020 by Joe Lipsett

Each year queer horror gets the spotlight treatment in the ‘Slayed’ shorts program at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, which this year was part of the Nightstream Festival.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Horror Film Festival Coverage, Nightstream, Queer Film Reviews Tagged With: Aidan Brezonick, brooklyn horror film festival, Brydie O’Connor, David Janove, don't text back, going steady, i love your guts, jeff drives you, Kaye Adelaide, Mariel Sharp, queer shorts, Sarah Wisner, Sean Temple, short films, slayed, thorns

[Nightstream Review] ‘Bloody Hell’ Is Bloody Fun

October 9, 2020 by Joe Lipsett

An unseen figure covers the mouth of a shirtless man who is strung up

There’s something delicious about the idea of an egotistical celebrity vigilante trying to escape a bad situation only to wind up in a far worse one. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Horror Film Festival Coverage, Nightstream Tagged With: Alister Grierson, Ben O’Toole, Meg Fraser, Nightstream, Robert Benjamin

[Fantasia Review] Paradise Hills Offers Beauty, But Misunderstands Its Own Appeal

July 16, 2019 by Joe Lipsett

A beautifully maintained island full of young women that need to be “fixed.” A rebellious princess with a tragic past. A fantasy world with a mildly dystopian undercurrent, complete with a financial caste system. This is the world of Paradise Hills, the feature film debut of Alice Waddington. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Fantasia Film Festival, Horror Film Festival Coverage Tagged With: Alice Waddington, Awkwafina, Danielle Macdonald, Eiza González, Emma Roberts, Milla Jovovich

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I am a freelance film and television journalist based in Toronto, Canada.

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> Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr

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