Foreign Articles

Movie Review: Love & Crime (1969) – 88 Films Blu-ray

88 Films brings us 1969’s anthology Love & Crime (Meiji · Taishô · Shôwa: Ryôki onna hanzai-shi), which features stories about, and you better sit the hell down for this one, love… and crime! Coming from iconic Japanese cult director Teruo...
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A Sinister Twist on a Classic: ‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Premiering at Sundance

Prepare to be chilled to the bone by The Ugly Stepsister, a twisted reimagining of the Cinderella fairy tale. Written and directed by Emilie Blichfeldt, this haunting Norweigen film will make its world premiere as the opening night Midnight section...
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Movie Review: Don’t Change Hands (1975) – Severin Blu-Ray

Mélinda (Myriam Mézières, who would appear in Spermula the following year along with Udo Kier) is a trench coat and fedora-clad private eye who when isn’t unofficially cosplaying as a Film Noir character is balls deep (though not as much as some of...
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Spoiler-Free Review: BIRDEATER (Australia, 2024)

Official synopsis: A bride-to-be (Shabana Azeez as Irene) is invited to join her own fiancé’s (Mackenzie Fearnley as Louie) bachelor party on a remote property in the Australian outback. But as the festivities spiral into beer-soaked chaos,...
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