The curated portfolio of film journalist Joe Lipsett
I’ve had the opportunity to see Ryan Spindell’s horror anthology several times. Once with a live audience at Fantastic Fest in 2019, once at the Nightstream virtual festival in 2020 and now again on Blu in 2021. My opinion of the film has changed each time. [Read more…]
Fukushima 50 offers a glimpse at the environmental and political elements that nearly contributed to a catastrophic nuclear disaster in Japan in 2011.
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Two genre vets and a hot director team up for a fresh take on vampires. So why is Jakob’s Wife so muddled?
In He Said/She Said, critics Joe and Valeska dissect a film in a back and forth email exchange. Previously, we struggled to survive a cosmic horror invasion in The Beach House.
This time, we’re retreating into the past and venturing across the pond with Christopher Smith’s period ghost film, The Banishing.
Spoilers follow… [Read more…]
There’s a careful balancing act occurring at the heart of Moffie, Oliver Hermanus’ film about a white, closeted, South African teenager forced into the country’s compulsory military service in 1981. [Read more…]
Terry and Joe tackle director Midi Z’s sumptuous Taiwanese psychological thriller, Nina Wu.
Now that Promising Young Woman is out on Blu, it’s the ideal opportunity to revisit Emerald Fennell’s buzzy, controversial Oscar nominated film.
Each week Joe and Terry discuss the most recent episodes of HBO Max’s Genera+ion, alternating between our respective sites.
Spoilers follow for Episodes 6-7: “The Wheels on the Bussy”, and “Desert Island”
Each week Terry and Joe review the latest episode of Apple TV’s Servant S2, alternating between our respective sites.
Spoilers follow for Episode 2.10 “Josephine” [Read more…]
A grief-stricken woman forms an unhealthy obsession with her new neighbour’s daughter in Here Before. [Read more…]