Thriller

Ganymede dissects the themes of identity, love and fear through a small-town wrestling star, Lee Fletcher IV who develops a crush on a gay classmate. It is directed by Colby Holt and Sam Probst who elaborated the tensions of growing up with horror themes in the way the film appeases the audience, which breaks the […]

If you can put aside the expectations of “Detained” turning into a realist drama, the enjoyment in its undemanding nature of the Goofy Escapism, the movie accomplishes in full. With blatant references to “The Usual Suspects,” right down to using a shadowy figure in the room beside us, “Detained” so twists itself that it is […]

In the film “Amy,” the Oscar winning docu-drama on the pop legend Amy Winehouse directed by Asif Kapadia (and also in sections of biographical documentaries- Senna and Diego Maradona), there is an emotional cadence created by the British director as though the subject’s tragic fate was already sealed from the outset. Perhaps “2073,” his latest […]

The director of the opioid crime film titled “King Ivory” and the rest of the cast have had a little different experience traveling to the Venice Film Festival today. This frenzy began when the flight from New York fell behind schedule, leading to the stars of the six-some including Ben Foster, Melissa Leo, and their […]

While the home invasion subgenre can be found in a myriad of horror movies; The Strangers comes to mind, it is still popular. Model House locks out five swimsuit models in a house for the weekend. This is Derek Pike’s first feature length movie, who brings his history of over 100 directed music videos to […]

It seems that someone has immense trust in James Bamford the director. After several years of working as a stuntman and directing various episodes of more or less DC Comics oriented television, Hard Home became the fourth and this year’s film in question. That the last three, Air Force One Down, Jade and Shadow Land […]

In this piece, Hala Matar, director of the film ‘Electra’, narrates her sources of inspiration, draws comparisons between her film and ‘Saltburn’, and discusses the motives of the main characters of the film – crisis of identity and desire for revenge. This time, the world premiere of Matar’s new film Electra takes place at the […]

Dead Money: I have to admit, poker is one of the few games in which I’ve never been particularly skilled. A large part of it is that my expression while playing tends to look more like Zero Mostel in “The Producers” than Amarillo Slim. Additionally, possessing some of the skills necessary to excel in such […]

There have always been anti-heroes in horror and thrilling cinema such as Hannibal Lecter, Patrick Bateman and now the newest addition to this dark lineage is Clare Bleecker, the teenage sociopath, who is being portrayed by Bella Thorne in Mitzi Peirone’s Saint Clare. The film is also based on Don Roff’s novel Clare at Sixteen, […]

The press announcement for Wanted Man mentions how writer-director-actor Dolph Lundgren portrays his character in the film stating, ”Johansen is a veteran investigator who, due to previous policing strategies, has caused more trouble for the department’s public image in the recent past.” Such outdated strategies involve punching a suspect, while making what can be construed […]