Robert Eggers’ third feature indulges in threadbare storytelling, where the bliss of The VVitch (2015) and The Lighthouse (2019) never emerges. While the protagonist constitutes a definite weak spot, the rest of The Northman (2022) doesn’t stand on its own … Continue reading Film Analysis: The Northman (2022)

Although the trend of psychological dramas that cunningly smuggle horror themes remains far from ended, Netflix’s latest Choose or Die (2022) proves it’s not an easy combination to pull off. Sometimes, filmmakers are just better off being less ambitious. Or … Continue reading Choose or Die (2022) Review

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

South By Southwest Film Festival 2022 has ended, so let’s recap the top movies screened this year. While this year’s Sundance Film Festival focused on female-led films, spread across drama, horror, and comedy (and everything in between), SXSW Film Festival … Continue reading Top Movies of South By Southwest Film Festival 2022

Deadstream (2022) by Joseph and Vanessa Winter captures the old-school thrills that horror films used to guarantee. No matter how far-fetched or unbelievable the story gets, Deadstream (2022) always keeps returning to the right track thanks to the boatloads of … Continue reading Deadstream (2022) Review – SXSW Film Festival

Linoleum (2022) unfolds like the most unexpected of tales – stretched across multiple layers of narrative and symbolism that arrive at a heartfelt truth about the things that make our lives important. After debuting last year with a reversed ghost … Continue reading Linoleum (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