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Sophie Thatcher’s ‘Blink’ Is A Lean, Fun Horror Short [SXSW Review]

March 14, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A close-up of a scared blonde girl's face in a hospital bed

Blink is notable for a few reasons. The first is that the short is the first project from Scream Gems Horror Lab, which is described as “an initiative from Sony’s genre label Screen Gems and Scott Glassgold’s production company Ground Control” that aims to be an “incubator” for up-and-coming filmmakers to move from shorts to features.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Festival Coverage, SXSW Tagged With: Scream Gems Horror Lab, short films, Sophie Thatcher, Spenser Cohen

‘Jethica’ Is A Low-Fi Supernatural Stalker Drama [SXSW Review]

March 13, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

Two women stands in front of a rock wall

Stalking intersects with the supernatural in indie drama Jethica.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Festival Coverage, SXSW Tagged With: Ashley Denise Robinson, Callie Hernandez, Pete Ohs, stalking, Will Madden

Satirical ‘Sissy’ Explores the Dark Side of Social Media [SXSW Review]

March 13, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A girl with curly pink hair cries looking at her phone

A successful self-help influencer finds herself unravelling when a childhood trauma comes back to haunt her in the thriller Sissy…

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Filed Under: Horror Film Festival Coverage, SXSW Tagged With: Aisha Dee, Australia, Daniel Monks, Emily De Margheriti, Hannah Barlow, Kane Senes, Lucy Barrett, thriller, Yerin Ha

Andrea Riseborough Anchors Messy Reincarnation Drama ‘Here Before’ [SXSW Review]

March 18, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

A grief-stricken woman forms an unhealthy obsession with her new neighbour’s daughter in Here Before. [Read more…]

Filed Under: SXSW Tagged With: Andrea Riseborough, Eileen O’Higgins, Jonjo O’Neill, Lewis McAskie, Martin McCann, Niamh Dornan

‘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

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The 411 on me

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

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> Bloody Disgusting
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> That Shelf

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> Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr

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