Original films that stood out during the 1st week — Last year during Fantasia I spent my time basically glued to the screen. For their streaming platform basically everything was available to watch, including their short film programs. …

3 very different films kicked off the festival and sent me way out there. — What an interesting first day. Right off the bat I started with the hotly anticipated film from noted surrealist director Quentin Dupieux, Incredible But True.

A Documented Journey of Film Criticism — For the majority I’ve been keeping a degree of personal separation on this platform, but for something like this I feel it would work in a more personal manner. This year I’m covering the Fantasia Film Festival out of Montreal, QC. I covered it last year but it was all…

A Sobering and Cathartic Portrait of Courtney Barnett Anonymous Club is a wonderful portrait of Courtney Barnett in a world she simply can’t pretend to exist in comfortably. …

All About Evil follows Deborah Tennis (Natasha Lyonne), a librarian who takes over a decrepit movie theater belonging to her deceased father in San Francisco. …

This island isolation horror story focuses too much on its atmosphere to really build anything meaningful or memorable. — Mickey Keating’s latest film sets its sights small, matching scope with his typically restrictive small cast. It’s set in and around a small island town, completely remote if not for the revenue summer tourism pours into its local economy. Offseason centers around Marie Aldritch (Jocelyn Donahue), whose mother Ava…

Well Go USA releasing a physical copy of a streaming title is good news in a world full of streaming-only titles. — Hiyah! is a streaming service for dedicated martial arts fans, featuring classic titles, new films & originals playing exclusively on the platform. One such original, available to watch now on Hiyah!’s SVOD service is Ip Man: Awakening, a prequel of sorts to the Ip Man legacy of films. You can…

An Ode to Nicolas Cage That Sings Itself Silly — You’d think Nicolas Cage would be one of those actors whose ego precedes them. Everyone has more than likely seen him in at least one film, if not dozens, or close to the 105 completed credits listing him as ‘Actor’ on IMDb. There’s the chosen few who have seen…

David A. Weiner’s latest long-form genre documentary film In Search of Tomorrow takes a look at a smattering of 1980s science fiction films, some immensely popular and others a little more obscure while paying some attention to aspects of fanaticism of the genre and its films. Following a loose structure…