Foreign Articles

Movie Reviews: “One and Four” and “Coma” (Jeonju International Film Festival)

One and Four Chinese feature One and Four (2021) is a nailbiter about Sanggye (Jinpa), a ranger who works alone at an isolated post in the Tibetan forest, whose solitude is interrupted when he finds a crashed car with a dead policeman on board....
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Movie Reviews: “Subject” and “Bashira” (Fantaspoa)

Subject Subject, cowinner of this year’s Fantaspoa Best Film in the Brazilian Feature Film Competition category, tackles a familiar set-up: writer Max (Gustavo Falcão) has moved into a house in a rural area to work on his next book, but odd things...
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Controversial, Brutal, Gore-Filled Horror ‘The Sadness’ Lands On Shudder

The controversial, super brutal horror film The Sadness, which nearly caused a riot by disturbed viewers at its festival screening, is now streaming on Shudder.   Written and directed by Rob Jabbaz, the story “follows a young couple, played by...
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Blu-ray Review: House On the Edge of the Park 3-Disc Limited Edition (1980)

Alex (David Hess, who coincidentally also starred in Wes Craven's 1972 masterpiece The Last House on the Left... a title I'm sure I won't be mentioning again in this review) is a true renaissance man with many passions; disco dancing, acting...
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