Film critic Steve Prokopy’s Fantastic Fest coverage continues with reviews of three upcoming feature films. V/H/S/Beyond Marking the seventh installment of the annual V/H/S anthology franchise, V/H/S/Beyond leans hard into […]
This article was written by Anthony Miglieri The Gene Siskel Film Center has teamed with the British Film Institute to present the works of cinema’s foremost filmmaking twosome, Michael Powell […]
I’ve been attending the Toronto International Film Festival for over a decade now, and even through the pandemic, the festival has always managed to be a beacon of what’s to […]
It’s always a pleasure when a respected actor takes a break from the higher-profile gigs they can likely get otherwise in order to work on something smaller and more independent. […]
Writer/director Bernardo Britto gets credit for originality. Sure, we’ve seen the “Groundhog Day” narrative device plenty of times, a day repeated on end until the protagonist stuck in a loop […]
Written and directed by Fernando Trueba, Haunted Heart is a romantic thriller that isn’t particularly romantic or thrilling. It does offer a few things to love, including a raw performance […]
In a conversation with a fellow film critic recently, they mentioned how, regardless of the outcome, they are always in favor of a filmmaker taking big swings with their production. […]
For those of us who have been following the career of René Pérez Joglar, aka Residente, since he and stepbrother Eduardo Cabra exploded into Puerto Rico’s and Latin America’s urban […]
In a time when so many films are adding to the fear and paranoia about where technology is taking us, The Wild Robot dares to examine the unlikely connective tissue […]
Brace yourself for Anora, the latest display of emotional chaos from writer/director/editor/truth-teller Sean Baker (Tangerine, The Florida Project, Red Rocket). Part of Fantastic Fest, Anora is the story of Ani, […]
Film critic Steve Prokopy continues his coverage of the best in new and genre films from Fantastic Fest. Bring Them Down As the new Irish film Bring Them Down begins, […]
If you haven’t found yourself a fan of either of the previous two Terrifier films, there’s a better-than-average chance that the excessive amount of killing, blood-letting, screaming, and child endangerment […]