Film Festivals Articles

Spoiler-Free Review: BAAL (Beyond Fest)

Official synopsis: A twisted new tale from Joseph Sims-Dennett (BFI London Film Festival Selected Observance). Grace returns to the small town she grew up in to find the brother, David, is missing. Deciding that she must reunite her family, she...
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Destry Allyn Spielberg’s ‘Please Don’t Feed the Children’ Heads to Sitges

Today, it was announced that Destry Allyn Spielberg's feature directorial debut, Please Don't Feed the Children, will have its world premiere at the prestigious Sitges International Film Festival on Friday, October 11th. A Q&A with the cast and...
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Spoiler-Free Reviews: 1978 and SOLVENT (Dark Nights Film Festival)

1978   Codirectors Luciano and Nicolás Onetti craft a marvelously macabre fright-fare outing with 1978 (Argentina, 2024). Set in Argentina in the titular year, and specifically during both a military dictatorship and the World Cup match...
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Spoiler-Free Reviews: TOUCHED BY ETERNITY and HEAVIER TRIP (Fantastic Fest)

Touched by Eternity Writer/director Mārcis Lācis serves up an intriguing, amusing feature with his Latvian philosophical horror dramedy Touched by Eternity. Fatso (Andris Keišs) longs for immortality, though why he desires that isn’t clearly...
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