It’s been a while since a SXSW midnight screening left me with a big smile coming out of the theater and DEADSTREAM did this to me. The only way I can describe this film is EVIL DEAD meets PARANORMAL ACTIVITY. It’s like if Sam Raimi made a found footage film and a parody of streaming […]
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SxSW 2022 Review – EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
The Opening film at SXSW film festival after a three year hiatus was the most perfect film to open the festivities after the long pandemic that we all went through. As the creators The Daniels said in their opening remarks, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE shouldn’t exist but somehow it got made. There were two […]
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Review – A Take From Two Sides
It’s incredibly rare to get TWO Edgar Wright movies in a year. I raved earlier this year about his wonderful documentary THE SPARKS BROTHERS, which was a complete summary of many decades. Wright is a stickler for detail and using imagery and particular music beats to. I saw LAST NIGHT IN SOHO at the recent […]
Fantasia Festival Interview – INDEMNITY director Travis Taute
At FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL I had the chance to see the amazing Action Thriller INDEMNITY. I got the opportunity to speak to the director TRAVIS TAUTE, this is his first feature film. I was excited when I heard this action film from South Africa. I have seen many South African action films. The last one […]
Fantasia Film Festival 2021 – Genre-Style Reviews & Remote Thoughts
It has been another crazy year of film festivals, and one that we have always loved & supported out of Montreal is the long-running genre festival Fantasia Festival. Both Antonio Quintero & myself (Jason) are fans of the bizarre, having also attended Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas many times. We are hoping next year that […]
OLD Review – The Young & The Elder
M. Night Shyamalan is a bit of hit or miss for me of lately. He comes out with a great film like SPLIT and then he comes up with something underwhelming like GLASS. I would put his newest picture OLD in the category of his best film. It’s not perfect, but I still find it […]
RIDERS OF JUSTICE Review: Get Your Anders Thomas Jensen On
RIDERS OF JUSTICE had my attention from beginning to end and it’s an incredible action-slash-comedy from Denmark. It’s a country that has some amazing action films in the last decade and this is no exception. I go every year to Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX and this is the type of film that would been […]
Breaking Down SxSW 2021: The Top 10 from Jason & Antonio
Oh reader, you have no idea how much I missed Austin, Texas this year. Oh how I wish I travelled all the way to Austin from my little corner of the world in Canada to attend South By Southwest, a city I have not been to in person since 2019. This is SxSW year number […]
SxSW 2021 Review – LUCHADORAS
LUCHADORAS is my favorite documentary at SXSW this year. It’s a great tale of female wrestler in the City of Juarez that find their greatest opponent is their family drama. The must deal with bigger challengers that they face in the ring such as motherhood and Femicide in the City of Juarez. The film follows […]
SxSW 2021 Review – SOUND OF VIOLENCE
SOUND OF VIOLENCE is an amazing movie from director Alex Noyer, which is his feature film debut. This is like a comic book story. I think you should see it as something as more fun and not to be taken seriously. Just suspend your disbelief when you watch this film. This is a comic book […]
SxSW 2021 Review – SUBJECTS OF DESIRE
SUBJECTS OF DESIRE is an insightful documentary about the beauty standards of black women in American. It shows the way in which these beauty standards have been used in America to discriminate against black women. For example, are you aware that until a few years ago an African American woman could be legally fired from […]
SxSW 2021 Review – PAUL DOOD’S DEADLY LUNCH BREAK
PAUL DOOD’S DEADLY LUNCH BREAK is a hilarious dark comedy from director Nick Gillespie. In his directorial debut. He has worked as cinematographer with Ben Wheatley, a director known for the likes of DOWN TERRACE and FREE FIRE. This works like a parody of horror comedy that Vincent Price used to make in the 70s […]
SxSW 2021 Film Review – THROUGH THE PLEXI-GLASS: THE LAST DAYS OF THE SAN JOSE
Our Austin-based SxSW writer on the scene Antonio Quintero takes a look at a locally-sourced Austin doc! Be sure to check out all of our reviews and interviews at the menu links above! Directed by Liz Lambert, THROUGH THE PLEXI-GLASS: THE LAST DAYS OF THE SAN JOSE is a great little time capsule of a […]
SxSW 2021 Film Review – DISINTEGRATION LOOPS
My favorite thing about watching documentaries is that you always learn something new. I had never heard of William Basinski’s Disintegration Loops before watching the documentary. I was not aware of its existence until now and its importance to many people. I was listening to the album while writing this review. I was amazed by […]
Fantasia Film Festival Review – 12 HOUR SHIFT
I love films that take place in a single night like After Hours, Miracle Mile, Adventures in Babysitting and many others. 12 Hour Shift lives up to the expectations of my love of this subgenre. It has a great cast and I love the use of its hospital location. This film is an amazing comedy […]