OUTLAW JOHNNY BLACK tries to make a BLACK DYNAMITE Western but falls flat
by Clayton Hayes, Staff Writer
Outlaw is the first release by White’s own Jaigantic Studios, with White writing, directing, co-producing, and starring in the film.
TIFF 2023: HUMANIST VAMPIRE, NOT A WORD, THE TUNDRA WITHIN ME, ARTHUR&DIANA, A RAVAGING WIND, THE UMBRELLA MEN 2
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
The Toronto International Film Festival premieres hundreds of features, documentaries, shorts, and series this month.
ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE falls short of its romantic ambitions
by Megan Robinson, Staff Writer
As much as the film attempts to deliver a compelling teen love story, it simply falls short.
WE KILL FOR LOVE illuminates direct-to-video erotic thrillers, but is a bit outdated
by M. Lopes da Silva, Staff Writer
This documentary shines as an informative font about the early history of erotic thrillers.
HORROR UNMASKED: A HISTORY OF TERROR FROM NOSFERATU TO NOPE will keep new horror fans up at night
by Raine Petrie, Staff Writer
Brad Weismann’s Horror Unmasked: A History of Terror from Nosferatu to Nope follows in the tradition of its many predecessors and will be sure to keep new horror fans up at night.
PERPETRATOR blends together many influence for a girl gang horror mixtape
by Tori Potenza, Staff Writer
Perpetrator is a bloody girl gang movie that manages to be weird, have fun, and also deal with real world issues.
Mixed bag THE GOOD MOTHER offers some thrills with a opioid crisis backdrop
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
The trouble with The Good Mother is that it tends to overdo things.
SLOTHERHOUSE sizzles with sorority slays
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport & Editor in Chief
Slotherhouse manages to keep the viewer more than entertained with its flat out ridiculousness.
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS works on the personal level, but avoids deeper issues
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
Between Two Worlds is very much about the work, but it is also about the workers.
LOVE LIFE is a melodrama with a light touch
by Jo Rempel, Staff Writer
What exactly do you do when the world really does continue turning? Love Life makes such a question feel astonishingly light.
THE EMPTY SPACE injects real emotions into a genre story
by Tori Potenza, Staff Writer
As a meditation on trauma and healing, The Empty Space takes care to showcase the real struggles that come along with it even when it gets into the territory of science fiction.
LANDSCAPE WITH INVISIBLE HAND is a charming sci-fi tale about why we watch love stories
by Joe Carlough, Staff Writer
Landscape with Invisible Hand is a charming sci-fi comedy drama about the inextricable tie between art and humanity.
BIRTH/REBIRTH asks, what if woman created Frankenstein?
by Tori Potenza, Staff Writer
Laura Moss’s feature directorial debut, Birth/Rebirth, explores how the narrative changes when the world of Frankenstein is populated by women.
THE ADULTS explores grown up sibling relationships in the absence of parents
by Ashley Jane Davis, Staff Writer
What is it like to spend time with your siblings after both of your parents have died?
MUTT portrays queer life in survival mode
by M. Lopes da Silva, Staff Writer
Mutt swirls the ugliness of our world together with brief moments of sweetness.
BAD THINGS reinterprets classic horror through a woman's lens
by Tori Potenza, Staff Writer
Thorndike takes classic male-dominated horror stories and applies them to this story about women and motherhood.
6 recommended short films from this year's HollyShorts Film Festival
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
The HollyShorts Film Festival, August 10-20 in Los Angeles, showcases dozens of short films in various programs. Here is a rundown of a half dozen strong selections from this year’s fest.
THE POD GENERATION uses a sci-fi allegory look at bodies, productivity, and wellness
by Tessa Swehla, Staff Writer
The Pod Generation isn’t perhaps the most subtle sci-fi film, but considering the timeliness of its subject matter, maybe it doesn’t need to be.
BROTHER is a heartfelt ode to growing up West African in Toronto
by Daniel Pecoraro, Contributor
This could have easily been a depressing, poverty-pornographic film if not for a screenplay and direction borne of Virgo’s own lived experience.
THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMENTER or otherwise known as DRACULA BOAT
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport & Editor in Chief
Based on a single chapter in Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”, this two-hour tale shares the legendary vamp’s voyage from Transylvania to London through the use of Captain Eliot’s log.