Netflix is known for a few things: one-season-and-they’re-gone shows as well as the various critically butchered high-budgeted franchise starters. Yet, it is also known for its serial killer dramas, documentaries, feature-length projects, and limited series. Netflix subscribers love them for […]
It’s been eight years since Iranian-American director Ana Lily Amirpour blessed horror fans with the brilliant A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. Ever since that film, I’m always excited about each of her projects, whether they are on the big […]
There have been quite a few single-location horror pictures this year. Some of them are good (See For Me), and others are well… let’s just say they are not up to par (No Exit). However, none are set in one […]
During the Cannes Film Festival, I got the chance to watch Elena López Riera’s brilliant debut El Agua, which blended a remote Valencian village’s mythology with a grounded visualization of the urge to move on from your birthplace. It talked […]
Ever since its release, plenty of filmmakers have wanted to create their own version of John Wick one way or another. Why wouldn’t they? It’s a total craze and a well-balanced mixture of punchy action and high tension. Last year […]
People know American singer (and occasional actor) Elvis Aaron Presley as the “King of Rock and Roll”. It’s one of those titles that causes a bit of discourse amongst music enthusiasts. Nevertheless, there’s no overstating his sheer impact on the […]
Dario Argento is one of the most iconic horror auteurs of all time. Argento along with Mario Bava and Lucio Fulci are the faces of the giallo horror subgenre. Taking cues from a series of paperback crime novels with yellow […]
Every filmmaker probably has their dream project. However, the financing part of it all can be a hassle. Some projects end up in limbo, like Lynne Ramsay’s Moby Dick-inspired space film; sometimes they escape, sometimes not. And those that do, […]
Eskil Vogt’s sophomore feature, The Innocents, is a slight improvement over his debut, Blind, and captures the energy of Joachim Trier’s Thelma, albeit with a darker tone. It’s an unnerving coming-of-age horror story about moral development during youth and the […]
From Persuasion to Notting Hill to My Cousin Rachel, Roger Michell has always found ways to pull the audience into the narrative. Even if the film in question doesn’t work wholly, you still get something out of it. Sometimes it’s […]
