by Joseph Perry | Apr 3, 2024 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Reviews
Following is a roundup of seven of the short films that screened at San Francisco’s Unnamed Footage Festival 2024, shot mostly in found footage or verité styles. Homebody Home surveillance cameras provide the footage for writer/director Andrew J. Paulsen’s Homebody,...
by Joseph Perry | Apr 3, 2024 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Reviews, Sci-Fi
The Becomers (2024) Writer/director Zach Clark’s science-fiction comedy The Becomers is one of the more unique offerings in the subgenre of alien-body-snatchers cinema. It follows the travails of two genderless extraterrestrial lovers who have left their home...
by Joseph Perry | Mar 29, 2024 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Reviews
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant; Canada, 2023) What an absolute blast Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person is! Director Ariane Louis-Seize’s French language coming-of-age vampire...
by Joseph Perry | Mar 29, 2024 | Documentaries, Events, Film Festivals, Foreign, Horror Comedy, Movies, News, Short Films, Thriller
Horror buffs and genre-film fans of all stripes: The Calgary Underground Film Festival has just released its lineup for its 2024 edition! There’s fright fare galore, from slashers (In a Violent Place; The Last Video Store) to monster movies (Kryptic; Infested)...
by Joseph Perry | Mar 27, 2024 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Reviews, Shudder
Arachnophobes, unless you are approved for serious exposure therapy from your medical or psychological professional, you will almost surely want to avoid director Sébastien Vanicek’s Infested (Vermines; France/U.S., 2023). But for everyone who loves a good — and in...