2020s

BLOOD: Will Have You Thirsting For More
BLOOD: Will Have You Thirsting For More

Deeply layered and nuanced, Blood finds the life line of horror and harnesses it for an experience that satisfies, and has you craving to return for more.

Sundance Film Festival 2023: KIM'S VIDEO & AUM: THE CULT AT THE END OF THE WORLD
Sundance Film Festival 2023: KIM’S VIDEO & AUM: THE CULT AT THE END OF THE WORLD

In the latest report from the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, Soham looks at the documentary films Kim’s Video and AUM: The Cult at the End of the World!

SMILE: A Horror That Will Put A Smile On Your Face
SMILE: A Horror That Will Put A Smile On Your Face

2022 was quite the year for horror cinema, and “Smile” takes the cake as a particularly horrifying look at how trauma endures.

Interview With Composer Gene Back Of SHORTCOMINGS
Sundance Film Festival 2023: SHORTCOMINGS & JAMOJAYA

In our latest report from the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, Wilson Kwong reviews Shortcomings and Jamojaya!

Sundance Film Festival 2023: THEATER CAMP & RADICAL
Sundance Film Festival 2023: THEATER CAMP & RADICAL

In our latest report from the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, Wilson Kwong reviews Theater Camp and Radical!

AFTER LOVE: Waiting On The Awful Truth

After Love, serviceably directed but only marginally engrossing, feels too much like a long wait for a heavy hammer to fall.

WILDCAT: Nature's Cure For Humanity
WILDCAT: Nature’s Cure For Humanity

Wildcat, despite all its good intentions of stringing together the ‘beautiful’ parts of life, it remains disappointing in keeping those terrors distant.

Toronto International Film Festival 2023: FAIR PLAY
Sundance Film Festival 2023: MAGAZINE DREAMS & FAIR PLAY

In our first retort from the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, Wilson Kwong reviews Magazine Dreams and Fair Play!

THAT KIND OF SUMMER: Fleeting Joy And Lasting Pain
THAT KIND OF SUMMER: Fleeting Joy And Lasting Pain

Several nymphomaniac women at an addiction recovery retreat experience different ways of coping with confronting their conditions.

THE OLD WAY: Nicolas Cage Does A Cowboy Impression
THE OLD WAY: Nicolas Cage Does A Cowboy Impression

Brett Donowho’s The Old Way really makes an attempt to put the fire back into a slowly declining genre but it misses the mark.

DOOR MOUSE: An Indie That Feels So Much Bigger
DOOR MOUSE: An Indie That Feels So Much Bigger

A masterpiece, Door Mouse is a slick neo-noir that adds a lot to a genre that we don’t get enough of.

THE LAST OF US (S1E1) "When You're Lost In The Darkness": Wow
THE LAST OF US (S1E1) “When You’re Lost In The Darkness”: Wow

Well, the first episode of The Last Of Us has come and gone and it’s… beautiful. It’s haunting.

CHESS STORY: Playing For Survival
CHESS STORY: Playing For Survival

Despite boasting great performances and lavish production values, Chess Story feels unnecessarily messy, overwhelmed by the scope of its adaptation.

ALICE, DARLING: All Too Real
ALICE, DARLING: All Too Real

Alice, Darling could do with some whittling down, but many of the details make the film a needed testament to an under-explored experience.

THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CHILDREN: Great Title, Great Film
THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CHILDREN: Great Title, Great Film

If you like your horror movies to have a fast paced plot that still leaves time for scares and character development, then you need to see this.