Scott Derrickson's SINISTER is more than creepy, it's an unsettling collision of the Gothic past and a modern world.
Category: Film
“No more pain, no more death”: Fatalism, Free Will, & Fighting the Past in THE RITUAL
David Bruckner's THE RITUAL confronts issues of past v. present by way of a pagan death god. Cool, right?
Hypocrite Cops & Psychological Set-Spaces in Gustav Möller’s THE GUILTY
Gustav Möller's THE GUILTY walks an unsettling thin line to expose issues of police prejudice that are all too familiar in the 21st century
Transgenerational Wounds of Post-Pinochet Chile in TRAUMA
The latest film from Lucio A. Rojas is brutal and unforgiving, but not without a purpose— even if it's buried below a ton of gore and nasty violence.
The Gorgeous Face of Catharsis in HAPPY FACE
Franchi's HAPPY FACE is a wonderful spit in the eye to vapid, beauty-obsessed culture— an anthem for the outcast!
Dichotomies of Violence: Abuse, Autonomy, and BDSM in Nicolas Pesce’s PIERCING
Nicolas Pesce's adaptation of PIERCING, by novelist Ryû Murakami, is a stunning, brutal look at the thin line between pain/pleasure.
[Slamdance 2019] Land of the Free, Home of the Hate in THIS TEACHER
THIS TEACHER examines the barely hidden intolerance of America from the perspective of one French Arab woman.
Slamdance 2019 (Narrative Competition): CAT STICKS
CAT STICKS portrays the lives of junkies in Kolkata— some of whom wish to escape their addiction, some of whom are caught in a perpetual cycle.
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