Hammer to Nail

Goran Stolevski is a filmmaker on the rise who’s had three strong features over the last few years. The Macedonian-Australian director made a splash at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival with his witchy horror You Won’t Be Alone. He followed...

As the new year approaches, many new tales of horror and dread await. One of them is director Andrew Cumming’s Stone Age nightmare, Out of Darkness. Originally known as “The Origin,” it takes place over 45,000 years ago and centers...

New York-based Brazilian-born director Fernanda Faya premiered her debut feature-length documentary, Neirud, at DOC NYC 2023 (where I reviewed it). In the film, she explores the secret history of her Aunt Neirud in what quickly becomes a personal essay focused...