Film Festivals

When I received the email offering a chance to review a documentary about stray dogs in Turkey, I was both excited and concerned that I may be too depressed to finish the film. Luckily, I watched the documentary in its entirety, and I hope you get the chance to do

The brief, brilliant life of onetime Illinois Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton, assassinated at the age of 21 by the literal Powers-That-Be (the Herbert Hoover-led FBI, Chicago Police Department) after three years of increasingly high-profile social, political, and economic activism receives a much anticipated, much-needed biopic treatment in writer-director

Director Ben Wheatley brings his unique type of horror film to the screen with In The Earth. This is definitely not a film for everyone, especially now with the Pandemic still lingering. It is amazing to think that this was filmed after the Pandemic. Add the virus storyline, and you

I first became familiar with the unearthly cinematic joy of Sion Sono when I encountered the brilliance of his gonzo gangster musical Tokyo Tribe at Fantastic Fest back in 2014. That led me down the road to discovering his magnum opus Love Exposure and I have been visiting his altar

I can’t say I was very familiar with the musical anomaly known as Sparks before my viewing of Edgar Wright’s infectious documentary and I’ll be damned if this experience didn’t convert me into their cult of disciples. I can only imagine the unique encounters that brought their diverse legion of

As an assault of “video nasty” bits hurls at the screen amongst the opening credits I anticipated a fun ride through v/h/s soaked nostalgic sleaze and I was not wrong. Much like how Berberian Sound Studio paid homage to the Italian Giallo of the seventies without becoming a distraction, this

The short film, ZWART, from ScreamFest 2020, reminds you not to give up too much information when you’re doing something online. Oftentimes we get caught up in the lure of the internet and we don’t realize what bad things can happen. It’s directed by Tommie Geraedts and written by Roy

On the closing night of Nightstream Fest, An Unquiet Grave is set to premiere in a matter of minutes from now. The indie thriller is from Terrence Krey and Christine Nyland. Keep scrolling to check out my audio review of the film.  An Unquiet Grave Synopsis: A year after

The Strings had its world premiere at Salem Horror Fest. I had the chance to watch it and have given it the good old audio review treatment below. It is so great to see so many films pushing the envelope by featuring queer and people of all races in front

Sometimes when you are looking into the pits of hell you have two choices. You can either give up or you can fight your way forward. That is just what the Boston Underground, Brooklyn Horror, North Bend, Overlook, and Popcorn Frights Festivals have done. They have formed Nightstream. I am

The trend of virtual festivals continues with SXSW. It was just announced that the iconic Austin festival is going virtual. Keep reading to learn more. Official Press Release: How do you build the future from scratch? At SXSW we’re known for being the world’s foremost gathering of creative professionals, and

Minor Premise is the most scientifically accurate film, well at least that was part so I can get in there oh gosh why Keep in mind that I never claimed to be a scientist. I do have a penchant for debunking scientific elements in film. They say that Stanley Kubrick

The Dark and the Wicked is one of the scariest films I have seen. Ghost films, if done well, like The Conjuring films, win me over every time. This horror genre relies on a number of different elements to create such a scary film. Music and the lighting are a

You Cannot Kill David Arquette is the most inspirational and uplifting film of the Fantasia Film Fest. I have a newfound respect for Arquette as he grew as a wrestler and person. Documentaries are a genre of film that I do not watch often enough. I plan on rectifying this.

I was s bit late to the game on The Mortuary Collection, but heard so many great things that I just had to request a review copy. This one anthology horror film that you will be craving more after you are done watching it. This is one movie that truly

Dinner in America is a punk rock love story for the ages. Written and directed by Adam Carter Rehmeier, the film stars Kyle Gallner and Emily Skeggs and takes place in the Midwest. Simon (Gallner) is a punk rock pyromaniac who basically does not give a fuck! Patty (Skeggs) is stuck cleaning