Through various visual languages and loose pieces of storytelling, Bertrand Bonello’s pandemic-themed picture Coma (2022) deploys all forces of experimentalism. It’s not an easy film to digest, yet it might find its cult following among fans of independent cinema. French … Continue reading Coma (2022) Review – New Horizons International Film Festival

Bertrand Bonello’s newest film La Bête (2023), set for release next year, will be an adaptation of Henry James’ novel The Beast In The Jungle. The film will be the first horror film made by the French filmmaker. French filmmaker … Continue reading Bertrand Bonello Will Return To Horror Once Again in La Bête (2023)

The musician’s iconoclastic directorial debut Kuso (2017) heralded the birth of a bonkers new voice in the horror genre. Flying Lotus is set to begin filming his next feature film – Ash – later this year. The musician has been … Continue reading Flying Lotus Set To Begin Filming Ash – His Second Feature Film After Kuso (2017)

A big fan of sci-fi movies, eh? Then this collection of movie-inspired ambients on YouTube is for you. Remember when playing a song on YouTube ended up sucking you into an hours-long trip in the uncharted territories of recommended artists … Continue reading 10 Awesome Sci-Fi Ambience YouTube Mixes For Studying & Working

Justin Kurzel’s Nitram (2021) exists in the same universe as Snowtown Murders (2011). Despite a decade-long gap between the two, the Australian director returns to telling a true crime story with an arresting style and continuous tension. In 1996, a … Continue reading Nitram (2021) Review – New Horizons International Film Festival

Holy Spider (2022) descends into the intimidating streets of Mashhad to follow a self-anointed vigilante who’s been murdering prostitutes between 2000 and 2001. Although this is not in the same league as Ali Abbasi’s phenomenal Border (2018), Holy Spider (2022) … Continue reading Holy Spider (2022) Review – New Horizons International Film Festival

It’s time to pass the body horror baton to Brandon because David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future (2022) is a colossal mess. The art of performance has been recently the source of inspiration for a bunch of genre filmmakers. Dan … Continue reading Crimes of the Future (2022) Review – New Horizons International Film Festival

The world of torments that the antagonist of A Wounded Fawn (2022) experiences is the ecstatic catharsis that Sundance’s Fresh (2022) did not deliver. Travis Stevens’ film is bold and fully immersed in the power of imagination that confidently overcomes … Continue reading A Wounded Fawn (2022) Review – Tribeca Film Festival

Danish filmmaker Annette K. Olesen crafts a mash-up of short stories, united under one flag of the film’s main theme – what does trust mean in varying circumstances. The result is a portion of crisp bits that range from entertaining … Continue reading A Matter Of Trust (2022) Review – Tribeca Film Festival

Director Alex Thompson only pretends to have control over Rounding (2022), a horror/drama film that desperately hopes to belong to the A24 family. Sadly, the various decisions on the execution level cast a shadow on the gripping premise of the … Continue reading Rounding (2022) Review – Tribeca Film Festival

Timely as a period piece can possibly be, January (2022) captures the destructive influence of communism on the creative mind of an aspiring filmmaker in Latvia. With the help of Polish DP Wojciech Staroń’s stylish cinematography, director Viesturs Kairiss composes … Continue reading January (2022) Review – Tribeca Film Festival

HBO’s original series, based on the memoir by Jake Adelstein, turned out to be the fans’ favorite. Hence, it is no surprise that Tokyo Vice (2022) has already been renewed for Season 2. We will get a second peek at … Continue reading HBO’s Tokyo Vice (2022) Will Return For Season 2

Hatching (2022), a Finnish horror that’s been part of the Midnight section of Sundance Film Festival 2022, appeared on iTunes recently. Since the movie is teeming with various symbols and leaves open room for interpretations, let’s unwrap some of them … Continue reading Film Analysis: Hatching (2022) Movie Explained

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

In the case of the directorial debut by Beth de Araújo, the title might fool you. Delivering a harder gut-punch than Rocky Balboa’s, Soft & Quiet (2022) excels in masterful precision in telling a story of racism-fueled terror. One thing … Continue reading Soft & Quiet (2022) Review – SXSW Film Festival