Foreign Articles

Spoiler-Free Shorts Reviews: HAND and OK/NOTOK (FilmQuest 2025)

Hand Synopsis A heart-broken college student ignores a grotesque hand infection as she develops an obsession with stains on her carpet. Review Writer/director Jennifer Winterbotham combines body horror, psychological horror, and dark humor in her...

Spoiler-Free Shorts Reviews: HEIRLOOMS, YATHOOM, and OBEY! (FilmQuest 2025)

HEIRLOOMS Synopsis Jaime’s search for healing leads her to restore a family heirloom. What starts as a therapeutic project soon becomes a fight against an ancient evil that has haunted her bloodline for generations. Review Writer/director Dan...

Spoiler-Free Review: HOLY MOTHER (Japan, 2022)

Official synopsis A racist corporation is looking to expand its territories of domination and for that it needs to destroy the Yakuza mafia. It is then that a transgender woman suddenly appears willing to defend the Yakuza tradition.  Review If you...

Spoiler-Free Review: KIND (Austin Film Festival 2025)

Official synopsis Desperate to save their unborn daughter from fatal complications, an expectant couple turns to a mysterious midwife. Review As director Jan Verdijk’s chiller Kind (Netherlands, 2025) opens, couple Leon (Vincent van der Valk) and...