A visually striking debut feature from Canadian filmmaker Drew Lint tackles some weighty themes, but suffers from a lack of narrative and lethargic pacing.
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[He Said/She Said] ORPHAN’s Family Melodrama Is Overshadowed By An Insane Twist
In He Said/She Said, critics Joe and Valeska dissect a film in a back and forth email exchange. Previously, we spent some time gazing at the moon with Verónica (2017) and her siblings. This time, we’re going the adoption route with Jaume Collet-Serra’s 2009 Orphan.
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[TISH 2018] Hot Takes From Toronto Int’l Spring Of Horror Film Fest 1
Independent horror films don’t have to be hampered by low budgets, but they do need to get creative.
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[MidWest Weirdfest] THE MOOSE HEAD OVER THE MANTEL Is A Stagey Historical Anthology
There are two intriguing hooks at play in Jessi Gotta’s The Moose Head Over The Mantel: a narrative hook and a technical hook. Both work exceptionally well.
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[MidWest Weirdfest] FUTURE Is A Life-Affirming Drama Wrapped In A Sci-Fi Premise
Future gets high points for selling a life-affirming drama under a sci-fi banner. Now all it needs is a more distinct name.
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[Review] NOVEMBER Is The Black & White Fairytale Of Your Dreams
There’s something magical about November, the first official co-production between Estonia, Poland and the Netherlands and Estonia’s official entry for Best Foreign Film for the 2018 Academy Awards.
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