Category: Film

Rural Magic Realism and Perpetual Adolescence in KNIVES AND SKIN

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Drama, Fantasia Festival 2019, Film, Film Festival, Jennifer Reeder, Marika Engelhardt1 Comment

Jennifer Reeder uses magic realism to look at social dynamics and gender in a small town in the wake of tragedy

[Fantasia 2019] DREADOUT: Video Game Creeps Confront a Gothic Indonesian Past

On By C.H. NewellIn Adventure, Caitlin Halderman, Fantasy, Film, Folklore, Horror, Mystery, Video Games1 Comment

Kimo Stamboel's video game adaptation is a creepy thrill ride, just as much as it is a confrontation of the present and a Gothic Indonesian past.

[Fantasia 2019] STARE Terrifies via Horror in Postmodern Folklore

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Fantasia Festival 2019, Film, Film Festival, Folklore, Hirotaka Adachi, Horror, J-Horror, Otsuichi1 Comment

Hirotaka Adachi digs in the J-horror claws with the help of modern folklore's terrifying power

[Fantasia 2019] Discovering Life Beyond Death in ODE TO NOTHING

On By C.H. NewellIn Drama, Dwein Baltazar, Fantasia Festival 2019, Filipino Film, Film, Film Festival, PokwangLeave a comment

Dwein Baltazar tells a tale of life, of death, and how the two become terribly tangled when we're unable to deal with the latter.

[Fantasia 2019] “No girl is exempt”: Biblical and Societal Misogyny in DARLIN’

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Fantasia Festival 2019, Film, Horror, Lauren Ashley Carter, Lauryn Canny, Misogyny, Pollyanna McIntosh1 Comment

Pollyanna McIntosh tears into the misogyny and sexism of the Roman Catholic Church, as well as society in general.

[Fantasia 2019] Women and Nature Disrespected in JADE’S ASYLUM

On By C.H. NewellIn Alexandre Carrière, Fantasia Festival 2019, Fantasy, Film, Film Festival, Horror, Misogyny, Morgan Kohan, Sebastian PigottLeave a comment

One woman's struggle becomes the struggle of Mother Nature

“Children are like glass”: The Terrorism of Heart and Home in OF FATHERS AND SONS

On By C.H. NewellIn 2018, Documentary, Film, Misogyny, Talal Derki, Terrorism, War1 Comment

Talal Derki's intense documentary dives deep into the dark heart of terrorism to explore how radical belief swallows entire bloodlines whole.

Fantasia Fest 2019 Preview!

On By C.H. NewellIn Bruce McDonald, Denis O'Hare, Drama, Film, Film Festival, Haley Bennett, Horror, Horror Comedy, Lorcan Finnegan, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, ThrillerLeave a comment

This year's Fantasia Fest is shaping up to be another fantastic display of genre cinema from around the world.