Asako 1&2: A Gentle Yet Provocative Romance
Erika Karata plays Asako, a young woman who meets an eccentric but charismatic stranger named Bakku (Masahiro Higashide). After he disappears as abruptly as he...
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Lizzie: A Bloody Yet Moving Tale Of Oppression
Chloe Sevigny plays Lizzie Borden, the notorious hatchet murderer. The film follows Borden through the days leading up to the double murder and the immediate...
‘Papi Chulo’ Review: An Embarrassingly Sweet Tale Of Friendship And Grief
Sean (Matt Bomer) is a TV weatherman still recovering from the end of a relationship. After an on-air meltdown he is forced to take some...
‘A Paris Education’ (Mes Provinciales) Review: Melancholy Musings On Life And Cinema
Etienne (Andranic Manet) leaves his family and loving girlfriend to attend film school in Paris. Once there he makes some friends, sleeps with some ladies...
‘Assassination Nation’ Review: Trigger Warning
Odessa Young plays Lily Colson, a high school girl living in Salem. She contends with artistic stifling at school, gossip among her friends and sexual...
London Film Festival 2018: Cult Strand Preview
The London Film Festival is separated into several thematically different strands. The cult strand promises the more extreme and bizarre offerings of the festival (though...
Jed Shepherd: Short Films, Loving Horror And Producing Birdemic 2!
Now Salt, the two-minute horror film. Was brevity part of your plan for Salt or did that just kind of develop that way? Yes, I...
‘The Little Stranger’ Review: A Chilling If Frosty Ghost Story
Dr Faraday (Domhnall Gleeson) is called to a dilapidated manor to tend to a nervous maid. It appears that strange things are happening in the...
‘Arctic’ Review: Mads Mikkelsen Faces The Wilderness
Mads Mikkelsen plays the sole survivor of a plane crash in the Arctic. As the film begins he has settled into a precarious domesticity; the...
“Support The Girls” Review: It’s A Family Joint?
Lisa (Regina Hall) is the manager of Double Whammies a “sports bar with curves”. The film follows a day in the life of a sports...