Per usual, 2023's Overlook Film Festival features several horror gems that viewers will need to put on their radar in the year to come. Check out our full coverage of the festival after the jump, including titles from the lineup that we have previously reviewed at other fests! Films ABBERANCE SXSW Midnighters are often host … Continue reading Overlook 2023 Wrap-Up
Tribeca 2022: Jerry and Marge Go Large
★★★ It wouldn’t be Tribeca without a semi-inspirational comedy! Enter: Jerry and Marge Go Large, the true story of an unlikely husband and wife team who figured out how to cheat the system and win big at the lottery! The film will appeal most to those who prefer a lighter, less cerebral depiction of events … Continue reading Tribeca 2022: Jerry and Marge Go Large
Tribeca 2022: All Man: The International Male Story
★★★★ Reminiscent of another recent documentary I watched on Netflix chronicling the rise and fall of Abercrombie, All Man: The International Male Story is a fascinating watch that dives headfirst into the gay experience of the 80s. Embracing fashion and masculine power, the iconic catalogue spoke to so many during its run, including those who … Continue reading Tribeca 2022: All Man: The International Male Story
Tribeca 2022: Blessed Boys
★★★★ As my first movie for 2022’s Tribeca Film Festival, I could not have started with a stranger (or more fascinating) title. Previously known as La Santa Piccola, then The Miracle Child, and now Blessed Boys, this queer drama captures a slice-of-life vibe through a racy, sexually-charged friendship between two besties. Filmed in Naples, Italy, … Continue reading Tribeca 2022: Blessed Boys
Cannes 2022: Butterfly Vision
★★★ (Written by Intern, Megan Davis) Butterfly Vision is a story not for the faint of heart, sullied by below-average execution. 29-year-old Ukrainian aerial reconnaissance expert Lilia (Marharyta Burkovska) returns home after being held prisoner by Russian separatists. In this time, she is raped by one of her captors and learns upon her return that … Continue reading Cannes 2022: Butterfly Vision
Cannes 2022: The Worst Ones (Les Pires)
★★★ (Written by Intern, Megan Davis) How a film can simultaneously do too much and not enough is beyond me, but that is the exact feeling I got when watching The Worst Ones, also known as Les Pires. This French drama focuses on a group of street kids chosen to star in a movie, while … Continue reading Cannes 2022: The Worst Ones (Les Pires)
Cannes 2022: Little Nicholas
★★★ Charged by the colorful spark of classic 2D animation, Little Nicholas is a slight but beautifully-rendered tribute to one of France’s most enduring figures. As a huge lover of animation in any form, the second I spotted this on the Cannes slate, I knew I had to see it. In French with English subtitles, … Continue reading Cannes 2022: Little Nicholas
SXSW 2022: X
★★★★★ Gritty, gory, and disturbing, the new film X from auteur director Ti West (The Sacrament, The House of the Devil) is a deliciously evil and deeply perverse journey into the hellish backwoods of Texas. Feeling like a sinister mix of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre meets Boogie Nights, X carves out a modern slasher … Continue reading SXSW 2022: X
SXSW 2022: Shadow
★★★★ (Written by Intern, Megan Davis) How does a group get their message across when its members are not a unified front? Based on the stage production The Shadow Whose Prey The Hunter Becomes, Brian Gladwin’s Shadow is a look into the harsh reality of the lives of those with intellectual disabilities. What is meant … Continue reading SXSW 2022: Shadow
Sundance 2022: Framing Agnes
★★★ Framing Agnes is all about the reclamation of a divisive figure in transgender history: Agnes, who took part in Harold Garfinkel’s UCLA gender studies program in the 1960s. In a rather unconventional style, this film (which only clocks in at just over an hour) intersperses vintage reenactments of never-before-seen Garfinkel transcripts amongst present-day interviews … Continue reading Sundance 2022: Framing Agnes