Gillian Wallace Horvat’s ‘I Blame Society’ is a Wonderful Dark Satire About Sexism in the Entertainment Industry — I Blame Society grabs you from the opening scene and does not let go. Once the title splashes onto the screen at the very end and the credits roll you’ll find yourself thinking about this in between nearly every social interaction, if not during. Taking immediate inspiration from a…

Mondocane has a few things on its mind. First and foremost a post-apocalypse gang saga, the film centers on two orphaned boys, Pietro and Cristian, who feel stuck underneath the thumb of an old fisherman who’s taken them on as free labor. Nearby, the town of Taranto has become…

Give Some Love to These Underappreciated Sequels as we “Dive” Into the “Worst” of the Franchise — As a horror series, Friday the 13th stands out with its iconic imagery. Those too young to see horror or too freaked out to jump into the genre already know who Jason Voorhees is and can link his trusty hockey mask to his image, fueling early word-of-mouth urban legends about…

Netflix’s ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Doesn’t Cut It — David Blue Garcia’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a legacy sequel of the same name, has set itself out to fulfill quite a task. It seeks to connect to fans of the series and those new to the franchise. Largely a direct sequel to the 1974 original, the film sets out to…

Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s Next Generation is Good, Actually — NOTE: The review which you are about to read is an account of the tragedy which befell the critical and public judgment of a film chronicling a group of youths in 1995. It is all the more tragic in that the Director’s Cut has rarely been championed. This review is focused specifically on Kim Henkel’s Director’s Cut which adds 6 minutes of footage back into the film.

Kate Tsang’s directorial debut is what a lot of kids need right now. Not just kids but adults who think they’re adults, and kids who also think they’re adults. Marvelous and the Black Hole follows Sammy (Miya Chech), a teenager who can’t connect with anyone…

That reality show you like is back in style. Maxwell McCabe-Lokos’s feature length debut Stanleyville takes a stab at the dichotomy of humankind’s primitive drive to compete and the culture of respect within that bubble. It doesn’t matter what the fine print is, so…

Dreaming Hollywood an instant cult classic! Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas meets Tarantino action. Take a deep dive into Ray Balfi’s bizarre world of psychotic drug dealers, incompetent cops and social rejects as he tries to begin a new life-direction and shops his cartoon screenplay to 100 L.A. production…

King Hu’s third film for the Shaw Brothers studio Come Drink With Me was wildly popular at the time of release in 1967, and for good reason. He takes it into a direction where other martial arts films and filmmakers weren’t going at the time. It provides a fantasy grounded…