by Joseph Perry | Mar 11, 2024 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Reviews
THE FUNERAL (CENAZE; Turkey, 2023) Hearse driver Cemal (Ahmed Rifat Sunger) takes a job of which he is leary from the start: driving away with the body of a murdered young woman named Zeynep (Cansu Türedi) and hiding away with the corpse for a month until her family...
by Joseph Perry | Feb 27, 2024 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Reviews, Short Films
THE ACTIVATED MAN (U.S., 2023) Writer/director Nicholas Gyeney’s feature The Activated Man is an interesting variation on the “shadow people” subgenre. The film goes all-in on its exploration of psychic power and supernatural forces. Leaning perhaps slightly more...
by Joseph Perry | Feb 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
STAGE FRIGHT (France, 2023) Writer/director Alexandre Leroy’s terrific horror short Stage Fright (original title: Trac) finds an actress named Lily (Délia Espinat-Dief) about to make her debut on the opening night of a highly anticipated play. She is overcome by the...
