by Joseph Perry | Aug 8, 2023 | Film Festivals, Movies, Reviews
Perpetrator (2023) Combining slasher, supernatural, and even superhero elements, writer/director Jennifer Reeder’s Perpetrator is a thrilling, chilling feature that is a deliciously twisted display of teen girls taking on the patriarchy. Jonquil “Jonny”...
by Joseph Perry | Aug 7, 2023 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Reviews
Convenience Story (2022) is a surreal odyssey with film noir elements. If that sounds like a reference to David Lynch’s work or to the many Lynchian knock-offs, sure, there are shared concepts here, but writer/director Satoshi Miki’s Japanese feature leans more to the...
by Joseph Perry | Aug 3, 2023 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Reviews
Japanese feature Best Wishes to All (2023) tackles that country’s problem with its aging population in a fright-fare context that combines folk horror and supernatural elements. The result is an intriguing work that starts off in slow-burn style but delivers a...
by Joseph Perry | Aug 1, 2023 | Movies, Reviews, Thriller
Director Sophie Kargman’s mystery thriller Susie Searches is a fun ride that offers an engaging main character and several surprises as it examines how far some people will go to become famous. Susie (Kiersey Clemons) is a university student with a part-time...
by Joseph Perry | Jul 28, 2023 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Reviews
Writer/director Paris Zarcilla’s U.K. feature Raging Grace (2023) combines social commentary about class divisions with classic elements of both British horror and British farce. Joy (Max Eigenmann) is a Filipina working illegally as a house cleaner in London,...
