Fantasia 2018: Satan’s Slave Review – Ghosts, Zombies and Sex Cults, OH MY!
A loose remake/prequel to the 1980 film of the same name, Satan’s Slave is a chilling story of how the sins of our parents haunt […]
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Fantasia 2018: Mikhail Red Explores Violence, Morality and Family in Neomanila
Superbly acted and beautifully shot, Neomanila is a morally ambiguous tale about what we do to survive and crimes we commit for the ones we […]
Fantasia 2018: Hanagatami Review – The Director of Hausu Confuses and Delights in His Final Epic
Hausu’s Nobuhiko Obayashi starts wrapping up his 60-year career in filmmaking with a deeply weird, compellingly stream-of-consciousness wartime drama. Nobuhiko Obayashi is one of Japan’s […]
Skyscraper Review: The Rock Cooks Up Another Underdone Summer Thriller
While the Rock maintains his larger-than-life presence, this taller Die Hard knockoff buckles under the weight of its sizeable lack of humor. Ever since my […]
Four Crazy Horror Flicks We Want to See at Fantasia
If you want festivals full of soulful contemplation of the human condition, and solemn documentaries about Serious Issues, Cannes and Sundance have you covered. Want […]
Sorry to Bother You Review: Boots Riley Takes On Consumerism, Race in Scorchingly Funny Debut
Boots Riley’s wild feature film debut throws racial politics, consumerism, and magical realism in a blender, making for a comedy that’s as unpredictable as it […]
INTERVIEW: Bruce LaBruce on The Misandrists, Pornography and Feminist Brain-Swapping
We interview queersploitation provacateur Bruce LaBruce about queer cinema, working on a low budget, and his latest feminist satire The Misandrists. Arthouse queer enfant terrible Bruce […]
The Misandrists Review: Bawdy, Transgressive Satire from Bruce LaBruce
Bruce LaBruce’s reputation as a bad-taste provocateur gleefully continues with this campy exercise in sex, sleaze, and political satire. A transgressive artist’s main job should […]
TAU Review: Netflix’s Perplexing Smart House Thriller
Netflix’s latest thriller about a young girl trapped in a smart house is pure, unapologetic schlock, with workmanlike performances and plot holes you could throw […]
SuperFly Review: A Gritty Remake That’s Far From Groovy
Director X’s slick, hip-hop fueled remake of the blaxploitation classic trades in 70s crime for music video slickness, and is none the better for it. […]