[FANTASTIA] ‘JADE’S ASYLUM’ HAS GOOD PERFORMANCES AND EFFECTS SURROUNDED BY A MESSY FILM
‘Jade’s Asylum’ is a hallucinatory exploration of the title character’s mind, and a supernatural slasher that ultimately misses the mark.
[FANTASIA] ‘THE GANGSTER, THE COP, THE DEVIL’ IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT FROM A MOVIE WITH THAT TITLE
‘The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil’ is a fun South Korean crime thriller that doesn’t reinvent the wheel. It’s the perfect vehicle for Don Lee’s starpower.
[FANTASIA] ‘KNIVES AND SKIN’ IS THE PERFECT COMBINATION OF STYLE, GRIEF AND SH*TTY PARENTING
Knives and Skin engulfs you in a world of tragedy and grief, but is a rare film that gives you the heart of the characters and uniquely showcases them.
[FANTASIA] ‘BLACK MAGIC FOR WHITE BOYS’ IS DARK AND DELIGHTFUL SATIRE
‘Black Magic for White Boys’ succeeds in the way that it combines relevant political commentary, philosophical inquiry, and — well — black magic.
[CINEPOCALYPSE] ‘MOPE’ FINDS POWERFUL DRAMA IN THE SEEDY
DIS/MEMBER’s coverage of CINEPOCALYPSE 2019 continues with a review of the shocking Sundance favorite MOPE!
[CINEPOCALYPSE] ‘ATTACK OF THE DEMONS’ IS AN INSANE GORY DEMON-FILLED RIDE
Attack of the Demons is laced by some great narrative, incredible directing, smooth animation, and a dope-ass soundtrack.
[CINEPOCALYPSE] ‘VILLAINS’ REVELS IN THE CREEPINESS WITHOUT OVERDOING IT WITH BLOOD AND GORE
Part of what works is that you could see both of these couples existing in the real world. And that to me is scarier than vampires, werewolves, and mummies.
[CINEPOCALYPSE] ‘THE MUTE’ AND ‘THE LAST TO SEE THEM’ ARE DELIBERATELY PACED, STYLIZED AND WORTH WATCHING
Bartosz Konopka’s ‘The Mute’ and Sara Summa’s ‘The Last to See Them’ aren’t just standard genre films, they’re proof of the importance of film festivals.
[CINEPOCALYPSE] SHORTS BLOCK 2: SEX, BLOOD, AND HEAVY METAL
CINEPOCALYPSE’s second slate of shorts prove that sex, blood and heavy metal do mix.
[CINEPOCALYPSE 2019] ‘CULTURE SHOCK’ SHOWS THE AMERICAN DREAM GONE WRONG
Culture Shock starts with introducing us to a young woman who is trying to make her way across the border to a perceived better life in America. For fans of psychological horror, this is the movie for you.