Category: Film

“We’ve all got our car payments”: What We Lose for Money in DREAMLAND

On By C.H. NewellIn 2020, Bruce McDonald, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Film, Horror, Juliette Lewis, Stephen McHattie, Tony BurgessLeave a comment

I saved the world today. Everybody's happy now.

INCREDIBLE VIOLENCE: The Thin Violent Capitalist Line Between Horror & Porn

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Comedy, Erin Mick, Film, G. Patrick Condon, Horror, M.J. Kehler, Metafiction, Slasher, Stephen Lush, Stephen Oates1 Comment

A horror film that eviscerates horror, film making, and the entertainment industry's exploitation of women.

“It’s all her fault”: Gaslighting & the Virgin Mary in THE LODGE

On By C.H. NewellIn 2020, Cult, Film, Horror, Jaeden Martell, Religion, Richard Armitage, Severin Fiala, Veronika FranzLeave a comment

A weekend at the cabin with the kids isn't always what you bargained for when you made those plans.

BLOOD QUANTUM Takes a Nasty Bite Out of Colonialism & Whiteness

On By C.H. NewellIn 2020, Devery Jacobs, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Film, Forrest Goodluck, Jeff Barnaby, Kiowa Gordon, Michael Greyeyes, Stonehorse Lone Goeman, Zombies1 Comment

A new zombie flick with blood, gore, and wonderfully angry teeth that bite back at oppression.

The Language & Economy of Whiteness in THE QUARRY

On By C.H. NewellIn 2020, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Crime, Drama, Film, Immigration, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham1 Comment

The Quarry's only just mediocre, but still has important things it's trying to say.

Queer Deconstructions of Australian Masculinity & Nationalism in TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG

On By C.H. NewellIn Biography, Charlie Hunnam, Crime, Drama, Essie Davis, Film, George MacKay, Justin Kurzel, Peter Carey, Russell Crowe3 Comments

Justin Kurzel adapts Peter Carey's groundbreaking novel into a stunningly queer deconstruction of masculinity and nationalism.

WHY DON’T YOU JUST DIE! & Tragic Modern Violence in Wild West Masculinity

On By C.H. NewellIn 2020, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Dark Comedy, Film, Horror, Kirill Sokolov, SplatterpunkLeave a comment

A neo-Western, without any West, that satirises and eviscerates the male need for revenge.