Tag: review
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Dead Talents Society – Fantastic Fest Review | Offscreen Central
An electrifying take on the rules of the afterlife, celebrity culture, and our fear of being forgotten, John Hsu’s Dead Talents Society is a horror comedy warming the hearts of audiences at this year’s Fantastic Fest.
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Apartment 7A – Fantastic Fest Review | Offscreen Central
56 years after the release of Rosemary’s Baby, audiences at Fantastic Fest 2024 were whisked back to the Bramford
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Booger – Review | Offscreen Central
“Booger is a sickly sweet tale of loneliness. Mary Dauterman’s first feature will have you texting your besties that you love them and kissing the fuzzy foreheads of your four-legged friends…” Read the rest of my review of Mary Dauterman’s silly and gross and endearing little film, Booger…
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Red Rooms – Review | Offscreen Central
Like members of a jury, the audiences of Red Rooms are asked to make a judgment. This contemplative new feature from Pascal Plante interrogates what it means to not only be a spectator of violence but to make one’s pastime the consumption of the crimes of others.
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Hell Hole – Review | Offscreen Central
“The family behind recent films like Hellbender (2021) and Where the Devil Roams (2023), is stretching their legs and testing their limits as filmmakers. Having previously made films with personal and isolated stories with a cast list consisting largely of the family members themselves–John Adams, Toby Poser, Lulu and Zelda Adams–this is their biggest production yet, materially and thematically…”
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The Crow (2024) – Review
Although any attempt to resurrect The Crow will be haunted by the memory of Brandon Lee, Rupert Sanders’ reimagining of this coveted gothic tale has a beating heart worthy of our gaze.
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Skincare – Review | Offscreen Central
Read my latest review of Austin Peters’ Skincare (2024), starring Elizabeth Banks, Lewis Pullman, and Luis Gerardo Méndez, in my debut as a staff writer for Offscreen Central!
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Cuckoo – Review
Cuckoo is strange, to say the least. Its absurdity is homage to 70s and 80s Euro-horror but the film is quick to point at its own silliness and hopes that we will stay seated for the ride. As it unwinds, it only becomes more disorienting but Hunter Schafer’s Gretchen is the glue that holds Cuckoo…
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Strange Darling – Popcorn Frights Review | MovieJawn
Next up in my coverage of Popcorn Frights Film Festival 2024 for MovieJawn is one of my most anticipated films of the year: Strange Darling (2023). I have been an avid Kyle Gallner fan since the Jennifer’s Body (2009) and The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) days. There is nothing he can do that I wouldn’t…
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The Buildout – Popcorn Frights Review | MovieJawn Debut
Hello sirens! I’m sure you’ve noticed that I have started to populate the site with what I have been working on lately! One of the most exciting of my recent endeavors is finally becoming a Staff Writer for MovieJawn. My first assignment was covering a few films for Popcorn Frights Film Festival 2024! First up…
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Grand Jeté – Review
Directed by Isabelle Stever, GRAND JETE follows a ballet instructor, Nadja (Sarah Grether), who decides to rekindle her relationship with her now teenage son, Mario (Emil von Schönfels) who has been living with her mother. It becomes clear what and who was left behind in the wake of Nadja’s former career as a prima ballerina–and…
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Skinamarink – Review
Experimental cinema made its way to be big screen with Kyle Edward Ball’s lo-fi kinder-trauma nightmare: Skinamarink. Skinamarink has been on my radar since it made its way to Fantasia in July 2022 and after all the internet buzz on places like TikTok and YouTube, I was able to finally catch its theatrical release on…
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