by Joseph Perry | Jan 24, 2024 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Reviews
It is January 22, 2024 as I write this review, and I have my first strong candidate for my list of best films of 2024: writer/director Fabio D’Orta’s genre-blending Italian chiller The Complex Forms. With his film, which he himself lensed in luscious black-and-white,...
by Joseph Perry | Jan 23, 2024 | Film Festivals, Movies, Reviews, Short Films
THE LOOMING So often in horror films the elderly are portrayed as scary or creepy subjects, something to fear, run from, or even kill. Occasionally, they are treated with more reverence and respect than usual in fright-fare cinema, such as in director Natalie Erika...
by Joseph Perry | Jan 23, 2024 | Film Festivals, Movies, Reviews, Short Films
Legend of El Cucuy Folklore horror meets problems of modern parenting in writer/director Cynthia Garcia Williams’ short film Legend of El Cucuy. Laura (Diana Sanchez) and Carlos (Effie Cacarnakis) are attempting to raise their young daughter Isabel (Obriella Genesis...
