Stars: Freddy Singh, Julie Abrahamsen, Louise Waage Anda, Viggo Solomon, Halfdan Hallseth | Written by Freddy Singh, Viljar Bøe | Directed by Viljar Bøe I have actually read a bit about Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID) before, and this is the main subject of Above the Knee. BIIDis when somebody’s perception or mental image of […]
Stars: Brindisi Capri, Lara Pictet, Marcus Woods, Mary Montoya, Hans Heilmann, Rynn Reigns | Written and Directed by Seth Daly From first-time writer and director Seth Daly, The Rows opens with a young girl, approximately eight or nine years old, waking up in a cornfield, unsure of how she got there and why she is there. […]
Stars: Cassandra Naud, Lisa Delamar, Georgina Campbell, Emily Tennant, Jonathan Whitesell | Written and Directed by Kurtis David Harder 2022’s Influencer was an example of not judging a book by its cover, as the title and premise made it seem like another disposable straight-to-streaming feature. Luckily, writer/director Kurtis David Harder delivered a surprise hit that […]
Stars: Dakota Gorman, Todd Terry, Jordan Mullins, Liz Atwater, James Austin Johnson | Written and Directed by Brock Bodell Making his feature debut, writer/director Brock Bodell opens Hellcat with a shot outside of a camper trailer. Raised voices are heard as a woman refuses to return inside of the vehicle, but this opening does not […]
Stars: Peter Dinklage, Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood, Taylour Paige, Jacob Tremblay, Luisa Guerreiro, David Yow, Julia Davis, Spencer Wilding | Written by Macon Blair, Lloyd Kaufman, Joe Ritter | Directed by Macon Blair Macon Blair’s The Toxic Avenger is finally here, and it arrives as an unapologetically grotesque yet oddly moving revival of one of […]
Stars: Rose Deghan, Chloë MacLeod, Victoria Wardell, Talisa Mae Stewart, Ashkan Nejati, Maryam Sadeghi | Written and Directed by Ava Maria Safai In the opening moments, writer/director Ava Maria Safai effectively establishes the 2004 setting of her feature debut, Foreigner. This is achieved through a retro-looking advertisement recorded on videotape, as the grainy ad for […]
Stars: Jonathan Lambert, Élodie Navarre, Elliot Jenicot, Remy Adriaens | Written by David Neiss | Directed by Grégory Morin With a career in making short films, director Grégory Morin makes his feature debut with Flush, a story set entirely within a single location. This set-up is an effective way to showcase filmmaking prowess within a […]
Stars: Kit Land, Vince Benvenuto, Russ Russo, Abria Jackson, Gigi Gustin, John Schaub, Caitlin Borek, Davon McClinton | Written by Illya Konstantin, Christopher Lang | Directed by Illya Konstantin “I don’t feel a thing!” Ambitiously, Night of Violence opens with a bizarre triplet of occurrences: one office employee, Elliot (Kit Land), doing his best sweaty […]
Stars: Pete Davidson, John Glover, Mary Beth Peil, Bruce Altman, Ethan Phillips, Jessica Hecht, Victor Williams | Written by James DeMonaco, Adam Cantor | Directed by James DeMonaco While he has been working since the mid-90s, with his first credit being for co-writing Francis Ford Coppola’s Jack, writer/director James DeMonaco is best known for creating […]
