Foreign Articles

The Tower: An Apartment Building Is Surrounded By A Strange Darkness In New Trailer

An apartment building is plunged into darkness, and people are forced to choose a side in the upcoming French horror-thriller The Tower.   "This bone-chilling thriller brings a whole new meaning to being scared of the dark. Inhabitants of a...

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...

Spoiler-Free Review: RAGING GRACE (Fantasia)

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...