Tag: Drama

[Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2025 – Shorts] Grief’s Indelible Scars in SOME DARK MATTER / THE MAN & THE SCARECROW

On By C.H. NewellIn Film1 Comment

Two short films at BHFF '25 about the depths of the grieving process.

Father Gore’s Favourite 50+ Films Directed by Women

On By C.H. NewellIn Amy Berg, Andrea Arnold, Drama, Female Directors, Film, Film Noir, Horror, Liliana Cavani, Mystery, Psychological Thriller, Revenge Thriller, ThrillerLeave a comment

50+ of Father Gore's favourite films directed by women, from the 1930s to current day.

Father Gore’s Top 205

On By C.H. NewellIn Documentary, Drama, Film, Horror, Psychological horror, Psychological Thriller, Revenge Thriller, ThrillerLeave a comment

Here are Father Gore's Top 205 Films of all time! Dig in.

EYES WITHOUT A FACE & The Modern Gothic

On By C.H. NewellIn 1960, Alida Valli, Drama, Film, French Film, Georges Franju, Horror, Jean Redon, Juliette Mayniel, Pierre BrasseurLeave a comment

Beautiful, haunting, modern Gothic horror. It's called a classic for a reason.

EXHIBIT A Offers Emotionally Superior Found Footage in a Sea of Mediocrity

On By C.H. NewellIn 2007, Angela Forrest, Bradley Cole, Brittany Ashworth, Crime, Dom Rotheroe, Drama, Film, Found Footage, Thriller, UK Film CouncilLeave a comment

An impressive found footage film that strikes at the heart of the everyday family.

Cronenberg’s THE FLY Affirms Alexander Pope: A Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing

On By C.H. NewellIn Body Horror, Charles Edward Pogue, David Cronenberg, Drama, Film, Geena Davis, Horror, Jeff Goldblum, Remake, Sci-Fi, Short StoryLeave a comment

Cronenberg and his body horror transform Vincent Price's original into remake heaven, as man's reach exceeds his grasp in this nasty modern classic.

THE SHALLOWS Gives Us Genuinely Tense Shark Thrills

On By C.H. NewellIn 2016, Anthony Jaswinski, Óscar Jaenada, Blake Lively, Drama, Film, Great White Shark, Horror, Jaume Collet-Serra, ThrillerLeave a comment

After JAWS, there haven't been many genuinely excellent shark movies. Luckily, now we have THE SHALLOWS.

WE OWN THE NIGHT Examines a Family’s Violent Intersection at the Edge of Criminality & Law

On By C.H. NewellIn 2007, Crime, Drama, Eva Mendes, Film, James Gray, Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Duvall, ThrillerLeave a comment

This film never gets the credit it deserves. But it's one of the best post-2000 crime-thrillers out there, directed/written by the one and only James Gray.