The Austrian Blessed Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II.
2019 Philadelphia Film Festival Review: Riley Keough Shines In Chilling Slow Burn “The Lodge”
A soon-to-be stepmom is snowed in with her fiancé’s two children at a remote holiday village. Just as relations begin to thaw between the trio, some strange and frightening events take place.
2019 Philadelphia Film Festival Review: “Parasite” Is The Most Relevant And Entertaining Film Of 2019
All unemployed, Ki-taek’s family take a peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
2019 Fantastic Fest Review: “Come To Daddy” Strikes A Chord
A man in his thirties travels to a remote cabin to reconnect with his estranged father.
2019 Fantastic Fest Review: “Scream, Queen! My Nightmare On Elm Street” Is The Most Emotional Movie I’ve Seen In A Long Time
Examines the infamous homoerotic subtext and the special place the film holds in the Nightmare franchise as well as the gay film canon. Partly in thanks to evolving social mores, “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge” – which was considered controversial at the time of its release – is now being looked …
2019 Fantastic Fest Review: “Iron Fists And Kung Fu Kicks” Exhausted Me
Filling a long overdue gap with a thoroughly examined, endlessly entertaining, and utterly wonderful documentary looking at the width and breadth of the history of kung fu movies, “Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks” is a blazing roundhouse of a film that splits at the seams with interviews, anecdotes, and utterly outrageous memories.
2019 Fantastic Fest Review: “Swallow” Delivers On Its Promise
Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession.
2019 Fantastic Fest Review: “In The Shadow Of The Moon” Is Very Okay
A Philadelphia police officer struggles with a lifelong obsession to track down a mysterious serial killer whose crimes defy explanation.
2019 Fantastic Fest Review: “The Death Of Dick Long” Rules
Dick died last night, and Zeke and Earl don’t want anybody finding out how. That’s too bad though, cause news travels fast in small-town Alabama.