[Fantasia 2020] SURVIVAL SKILLS: ‘Good Apples’ Can’t Exist in a Rotten System

On By C.H. NewellIn Drama, Fantasia Festival 2020, Film, Horror, Quinn Armstrong, Stacy Keach, Vayu O'Donnell, VHSLeave a comment

Ever wonder why the system doesn't work so well? Because it was never designed to— not for everybody.

Lovecraft Country 1×01: “Sundown”

On By C.H. NewellIn Courtney B. Vance, Film, H.P. Lovecraft, HBO, Jonathan Majors, Lovecraft Country, Season 1Leave a comment

Atticus Freeman, a WWII veteran, starts off on a journey to find his father, travelling across a Jim Crow-era American landscape.

[Fantasia 2020] Playing God & Warring Masculinities in LA DOSIS

On By C.H. NewellIn Carlos Portaluppi, Drama, Fantasia Festival 2020, Film, Ignacio Rogers, Martín Kraut, Thriller4 Comments

Two nurses, one old and one young, go head-to-head in a battle of flawed moralities.

[Fantasia 2020] American Southern Gothic Meets Filipino Ghosts in SANZARU

On By C.H. NewellIn Aina Dumlao, Fantasia Festival 2020, Film, Gothic Horror, Justin Arnold, Xia MagnusLeave a comment

American South meets East in this feature film debut from Xia Magnus

[Fantasia 2020] Michael Venus’s SLEEP: A Surreal Historical Reckoning

On By C.H. NewellIn Fantasia Festival 2020, Film, History, Horror, Michael Venus, Nazi Germany1 Comment

Michael Venus reckons with Germany's dark history and shows that the past is never so far behind us.

The Alienist – Angel of Darkness: “Memento Mori”

On By C.H. NewellIn Dakota Fanning, Daniel Brühl, Luke Evans, Season 2, The Alienist, TNTLeave a comment

Dr. Kreizler deals with tragedy while Libby prepares to snatch a new child

NOS4A2 2×08: “Chris McQueen”

On By C.H. NewellIn AMC, Ashleigh Cummings, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Jahkara Smith, NOS4A2, Season 2, Zachary QuintoLeave a comment

Chris and Vic try to head off Charlie at the last stop before Christmasland

NOS4A2 2×07: “Cripple Creek”

On By C.H. NewellIn AMC, Ashleigh Cummings, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Mattea Conforti, NOS4A2, Season 2, Zachary QuintoLeave a comment

Millie discovers new truths about Christmasland. Charlie revisits his past.