The tone of Sora Neo’s film wobbles between a sober social commentary and outright satire. The post ‘Happyend’ Review: It’s Only a Teenage Wasteland appeared first on Slant Magazine.
File this one under books that kill [see The Babadook, the tome in Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose, or certain limited editions of Stephen King’s Firestarter apparently bound in asbestos (went down a rabbit hole this morning)]. Danny...
I’ve heard from more than one reliable source that Brian De Palma was done directing. It’s believable enough without any inside info: the five years since his, let’s say, fascinating and compromised Domino have not found him growing any younger,...
With a couple more days left in the madness that is Fantastic Fest this year's award winners were announced by the festival. Christopher Andrews' drama thriller Bring Them Down, starring Barry Keoghegan and Christopher Abbott was awarded Best Picture...
With the Fantastic Fest world premiere of V/H/S/Beyond in the bag our attention now turns to the streaming premiere next week on Shudder, on October 4th. Today, Shudder released the official trailer for it and it looks like each...
Araki discusses how society has and hasn’t caught up with his incendiary trilogy of films. The post Interview: Gregg Araki on the Teen Apocalypse Trilogy’s Generation-Defying Sense of Doom appeared first on Slant Magazine.
As found footage has firmly established itself as a genre, its foothold on the public imagination (and on that of filmmakers) bears scrutiny. The excellent documentary The Found Footage Phenomena (2021) and books such as Found Footage Horror Films by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas...
What did Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, and other jazz musicians have to do with the CIA? Director Johan Gimonprez gives a mindblowing, yet jazzy account of the hidden connection between these famous figures and the agency’s...
There you are, preparing your spooky season viewing schedule as October approaches. If you're a subscriber to Hollywood Suite here in Canada then you have to pay mind to their Shocktober lineup. The highlights of the month, over a...
After spending nearly a decade of his career in the Marvel machine, Ryan Coogler is finally breaking free. The director has reteamed once again with Michael B. Jordan (x2) for the new period horror-thriller Sinners, also starring Hailee Steinfeld, Jack...