Cinepocalypse… Cinepocalypse: Sequence Break; Dead Shack; Suspiria 7 Nov 201713 Mar 2018 On my third day at the festival, I saw two shorts (Feeding Time and Blood Shed), along with two new films (Sequence Break and Dead Shack), along with the Chicago premiere of…
Chicago International Film Festival… Chicago International Film Festival 2017: Four Hands / Maus / Sicilian Ghost Story 21 Oct 201722 Nov 2017 I'm back from the depths to cover some movies from this year's Chicago International Film Festival. As with last year, I'm attending screenings in weekend-oriented clumps. This first clump consists…
Movie Reviews The Editor 8 Oct 201512 Nov 2017 Canada. Directed by Adam Brooks and Matthew Kennedy, 2014. Starring Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy, Conor Sweeney, Paz de la Huerta, Samantha Hill. 95 minutes. 6/10 Ah, giallo! Who among us does not…
Movie Reviews Deep Sleep 10 Dec 20147 Nov 2016 Argentina/Italy, 2013. AKA Sonno Profondo. Directed by Luciano Onetti. Starring Luciano Onetti, Daiana García, Silvia Duhade. 67 minutes. Does your life suffer from a recent lack of sleazy erotica, black-gloved killers holding…
Movie Reviews… Retro Review: Tenebrae 28 Oct 201412 Nov 2017 Italy. Directed by Dario Argento, 1982. Starring Anthony Franciosa, Daria Niccolodi, John Saxon. 100 minutes. American novelist Peter Neal (Anthony Franciosa), known for writing graphically violent crime thrillers, arrives in Rome…
Movie Reviews Across the River 16 Jun 201411 Nov 2017 Italy. Directed by Lorenzo Bianchini, 2013. Starring Marco Marchese. 6/10 Ethologist Marco Contrada (played by Marco Marchese) prowls the wilderness near the Italian/Slovenian border, living out f a caravan. Here he conducts his regular…
Movie Reviews… Retro Review: Nightmare City 6 Jun 201412 Nov 2017 Italy. Directed by Umberto Lenzi, 1980. Starring Mel Ferrer, Hugo Stiglitz, Laura Trotter. 88 minutes. 3/10 Intrepid television-news reporter Dean Miller (Hugo Stiglitz) bides his time at an anonymous European airport, waiting for…
