Film Festivals Articles

Spoiler-Free Reviews: WHERE THE DEVIL ROAMS and BLACKOUT (Fantasia)

Where the Devil Roams (2023)   In arguably their darkest and certainly their goriest offering yet, filmmakers The Adams Family — John Adams, Toby Poser, and their daughter Zelda Adams — invest Where the Devil Roams with an inescapable air of...

Spoiler-Free Reviews: PERPETRATOR and IT LIVES INSIDE (Fantasia)

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....

Spoiler-Free Review: CONVENIENCE STORY (Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film)  

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...

Spoiler-Free Review: BEST WISHES TO ALL (Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film)  

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...