Dull in the way it looks, and predictable in the way it unravels, The Cellar (2022) has mysteriously made the cut in the Midnighters section of SXSW 2022, instead of instantly reaching its final destination – the most inaccessible depths … Continue reading The Cellar (2022) Review – SXSW Film Festival

Bitch Ass (2022), a glaringly cheap-made slasher, exists without a purpose or an audience that might appreciate its atrocious quality. Within the first few minutes of Bitch Ass (2022), you’re bound to start wondering if Bill Posley forgot to add … Continue reading Bitch Ass (2022) Review – SXSW Film Festival

What Watcher (2022) should have been – that is engrossing vivisection of how paranoia messes with fact-based observations – quickly morphs into a tedious series of wasted opportunities and endless misfires. Despite the simple premise, Watcher (2022) had the upper … Continue reading Watcher (2022) Review – Sundance Film Festival

I have finally made my cinephile dream come true and attended Sundance Film Festival. Here’s the coverage of all the 15 films I have seen. I can’t recall the last time when any festival was so deeply immersed in the … Continue reading Top Movies of Sundance Film Festival 2022

Theatrical in its form and ridiculously timely in its message about sexuality and pleasure, Good Luck To You, Leo Grande (2022) unexpectedly rises to become this Sundance edition’s secret must-see gem. Having two actors do all the heavy lifting in … Continue reading Good Luck To You, Leo Grande (2022) Review – Sundance Film Festival

Aubrey Plaza stars in a by-the-book nail-biter that provides mild thrills and even less food for thought despite its grand ambitions to be a socially-engaged commentary. Nonetheless, Fans of Plaza’s previous works will surely relish. A down-on-luck girl Emily (Aubrey … Continue reading Emily The Criminal (2022) Review – Sundance Film Festival

Danish filmmaker Christian Tafdrup brings a meticulously crafted, blood-curdling story about letting evil do as it pleases. Speak No Evil (2022) is one of the tensest thrillers in recent years. Why do bad people do bad things? Reasons vary. Aristotle … Continue reading Speak No Evil (2022) – Sundance Film Festival

Sebastian Stan and Daisy Edgar-Jones give their best in a gory variation on captivity horrors in Sundance thriller Fresh (2022). Noa (Daisy Edgar-Jones) has little luck finding her second half online, as blatantly portrayed in the opening scene of a … Continue reading Fresh (2022) Review – Sundance Film Festival

While most of its proceedings see Rebecca Hall’s bonafide performance at the front, Resurrection (2022) struggles to find its depth. Nonetheless, this is a memorable thriller that’s resolved in the least expected but also shocking way. Margaret (Rebecca Hall) has … Continue reading Resurrection (2022) Review – Sundance Film Festival

The tragic coming-of-age drama Palm Trees And Power Lines (2022) illustrates the dynamics between prey and predator through a slow-burn simmer of a movie, anchored by two complex roles from Lily McInerny and Jonathan Tucker. Cinema has been inch-by-inch expanding … Continue reading Palm Trees And Power Lines (2022) Review – Sundance Film Festival

A veritable masterpiece existing on the verge of arthouse horror and folk-tale phantasmagoria, You Won’t Be Alone (2022) is destined to divide audiences and perhaps make A24 wonder how did they not acquire this film that’s tailor-made to their portfolio. … Continue reading You Won’t Be Alone (2022) Review – Sundance Film Festival

Utama (2022) – a patient meditation more than a full-fledged drama – marks a captivating debut for photographer-turned-director Alejandro Loayza Grisi. Festival-goers will surely notice why Utama (2022) seems like a younger cousin of Birds of Passage (2018) by Cristina … Continue reading Utama (2022) Review – Sundance Film Festival

The streak of sheer disappointments continues for Ben Wheatley with In The Earth (2021), a pandemic-themed horror movie that’s confounding and opaque, with very little pay-off to sweeten the bitterness. What is In The Earth (2021) about? Wheatley’s film starts … Continue reading In The Earth (2021) Review – A Wasted Opportunity For A Daring Cosmic Horror

While the The Power Of The Dog (2021) has been praised for its period setting, and performances of both leading and supporting actors, there’s also plenty of confusion regarding the end of the film. So, in this article, we’re looking … Continue reading The Ending Of The Power Of The Dog (2021) Explained