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VOD REVIEWS: Philip Gelatt’s THEY REMAIN takes you for a terror-filled hallucinatory trip into the woods

By admin 8 years ago

Combined with Kirby’s imagery, that Lovecraft feel is more than complete – it makes us really, really uncomfortable. They Remain leans heavily on such classic audiovisual tropes which can evoke everything from Universal Monsters to the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland, but bent towards that Dunwich Horror sort of ethos. Which is to say – there’s nothing cartoonish or “safe” about the film’s horror.

HOT DOCS 2018 REVIEWS: Daniel J. Clark ‘s BEHIND THE CURVE takes an empathetic and civil look at the people inhabiting the Flat Earth Society

By admin 8 years ago

What stands out in the film is just how much the flat earthers simply need to believe what they believe. It’s kind of like refusing to believe that OJ was guilty or maybe even letting go of the Santa Claus myth. The characters in the film are all too familiar. They’ve chosen to attach their identity to this belief system, and it means everything.

TRIBECA 2018 REVIEWS: Ioana Uricaru's LEMONADE is a reflection of our strife and a triumph for the power of great cinema

By admin 8 years ago

In the best of circumstances, a film will create a language for itself. An internal yearning in the artists involved, from the writer and director to the actors on screen, pushes for expression using the medium to its best advantages. It’s an exceedingly rare thing which requires not only honesty and careful creativity, but also a great deal of courage. From before the first shot appeared on screen, it was already clear: first-time feature Romanian director Ioana Uricaru had forged such a language.