Film Festivals Articles

Spoiler-Free Film Review: “Infested” (Boston Underground Film Festival 2024)

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...

Spoiler-Free Film Reviews: “Sleep” and “Strange Kindness” (Boston Underground Film Festival 2024)

Sleep (South Korea, 2023) A sleepwalking man becomes a danger to his family in writer/director Jason Yu’s eerie feature Sleep. HyunSu (Lee SunKyun) and SooJin (Jung YuMi) are a married couple expecting their first child. HyunSu begins having bouts...

Spoiler-Free Short Film Reviews: “Apotemnofilia,” “Lullaby,” “The Bleacher,” “Make Me a Pizza” (SXSW)

Apotemnofilia The titular condition is the desire of amputation for a healthy limb, and writer/director Jano Pita’s Spanish horror short Apotemnofilia finds actress Clara (Lucía Azcoitía) dealing with that as her highly anticipated post-pregnancy...

Blumhouse Announces The Halfway to Halloween Film Festival!

Get ready for a frightfully fun celebration! Blumhouse Productions, a powerhouse in the horror genre, and AMC Theatres are teaming up for the first-ever Halfway to Halloween Film Festival. This five-day event kicks off on Friday, March 29, and runs...