Category: Film

“I am not a stalker”: Erased Identity and Toxic Fandom in THE FANATIC

On By C.H. NewellIn Devon Sawa, Film, Fred Durst, Horror, John Travolta, Thriller1 Comment

Graham Norton once said: "Along with great fame comes great fandom, and along with great fandom come weirdos."

“The villainy you teach me”: Bullying, Power, and Toxicity in TEACHER

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Adam Dick, Bullying, David Dastmalchian, Drama, Film, Kevin Pollak, William ShakespeareLeave a comment

Adam Dick explores the consequences of bullying and victimhood through a teacher who'll go to dangerous lengths to protect vulnerable students.

The Terror of Modernity: Welsh Industrial Horrors & Sovereign Women in GWEN

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Film, Gothic Horror, Horror, Maxine Peak, William McGregorLeave a comment

William McGregor serves a double dose of history and feminist horror with a tale of the Industrial Revolution in Wales.

[Fantasia 2019] “That’s me in the spotlight, losing my religion”: Questioning Faith in THE DIVINE FURY

On By C.H. NewellIn Action, Film, Horror, Joo-hwan Kim, Martial Arts, Religion, Seo-Joon Park, Sung-Ki Ahn, Thriller1 Comment

These aren't your mama's exorcisms!

[Fantasia 2019] THE FATHER’S SHADOW and the Walking Proletariat Dead

On By C.H. NewellIn Brazilian Film, Drama, Film, Gabriela Amaral, Horror, Marxism, Nina Medeiros1 Comment

Capitalism turns us into zombies, and then whole families are eaten alive.

[Fantasia 2019] SONS OF DENMARK: The Extremes of Where We Are & Where We’re Headed

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Danish Film, Drama, Fantasia Festival 2019, Film, Film Festival, ThrillerLeave a comment

Ulaa Salim's film is a disturbing and shocking look at right-wing extremism— a necessary tale in 2019.

[Fantasia 2019] Michihito Fujii’s DAY AND NIGHT: Morality Under Capitalism

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Drama, Fantasia Festival 2019, Film, Film Festival, Marxism, Masanobu Andô, Michihito Fujii, Revenge Thriller, Shinnosuke Abe1 Comment

Michihito Fujii ruminates on how capitalism destroys good people, and whether revenge is just or simply salt in a perpetual wound.

[Fantasia 2019] Ironclad Women & Bourgeois Criminals in A GOOD WOMAN IS HARD TO FIND

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Abner Pastoll\, Crime, Edward Hogg, Fantasia Festival 2019, Film, Film Festival, Revenge Thriller, Sarah Bolger, Thriller1 Comment

Sarah Bolger gives a fierce performance that subverts the typically patriarchal revenge tale