by Joseph Perry | Jul 31, 2025 | Film Festivals, Movies, Reviews
MOTHER OF FLIES (U.S., 2025) Official synopsis: When a young woman faces a deadly diagnosis, she seeks dark magic from a witch in the woods. But every cure has its cost. The filmmaking Adams Family — John Adams, Zelda Adams, and Toby Poser — won Fantasia 2025’s top...
by Joseph Perry | Jul 30, 2025 | Documentaries, Film Festivals, Movies, Reviews
Official synopsis: The life and obscure career of Cliff Twemlow, an actor, composer, screenwriter, and novelist from Manchester, who was a pioneer in the production of independently-made low-budget British action films made for the home video market. I hadn’t seen any...
by Joseph Perry | Jul 29, 2025 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Reviews, Short Films
Along with its amazing array of genre features, Fantasia International Film Festival also boasts a wide array of short films. Here are reviews of two high-energy mind blowers. BULLET TIME (U.S., 2025) Official synopsis: In a surreal world fueled by retro gaming...
by Joseph Perry | Jul 28, 2025 | Film Festivals, Movies, Reviews
HELLCAT (U.S., 2025) You’re likely to find much more about the plot of writer/director Brock Bodell’s excellent chiller Hellcat elsewhere online, but my advice to you is simple: Don’t. You’ll want to go along for the ambiguous ride exactly how Bodell envisions it:...
by Joseph Perry | Jul 24, 2025 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Short Films
A GRAND MOCKERY (Australia, 2025) Cowriters/codirectors Adam C. Briggs and Sam Dixon brought my university-days memories of reading literary works such as Louis-Ferdinand Céline’s Death on the Installment Plan and George Orwell’s Down and Out In Paris and London — and...
