Cinepocalypse… Cinepocalypse: Trench 11; Animals 9 Nov 201713 Mar 2018 I saw two films on the final two days of the festival, Trench 11 and Animals. Trench 11 Canada. Directed by Leo Scherman. Starring Rossif Sutherland, Ted Atherton, Shaun Benson, Robert Stadlober,…
Movie Reviews The Interior 24 Feb 201612 Nov 2017 Canada. Directed by Trevor Juras, 2015. Starring Patrick McFadden. 80 minutes. 9/10 Recently, a friend of mine gave up his job, home, and girlfriend in New York, and (citing a struggle…
Movie Reviews The Forbidden Room 29 Dec 201512 Nov 2017 Canada. Directed by Guy Maddin (co-directed by Evan Johnson), 2015. Starring Roy Dupuis, Clara Furey, Louis Negin, Udo Kier, Gregory Hlady, Mathieu Almaric, Noel Burton, Geraldine Chaplin, Charlotte Rampling, Amira Casar,…
Movie Reviews Alléluia 20 Jul 201517 Oct 2016 Belgium/France. Directed by Fabrice Du Welz, 2015. Starring Lola Dueñas, Laurent Lucas, Édith Le Merdy, Héléna Noguerra, Anne-Marie Loop. 93 minutes. In French, with English subtitles. It's an old story, and atypically…
Movie Reviews Horsehead 11 Jun 201517 Oct 2016 France. Directed by Romain Basset, 2014. Starring Lili-Fleur Pointeaux, Catriona MacColl, Murray Head, Gala Besson, Fu'ad Aït Attou, Vernon Dobtcheff. 89 minutes. It's funny how coincidence often links the movies I…
Movie Reviews Der Samurai 13 May 201517 Oct 2016 Germany. Directed by Till Kleinert, 2014. Starring Michel Diercks, Pit Bukowski, Uwe Preuss. 79 minutes. In German, with English subtitles. If your experience with genre cinema has been too safe, staid, straightforward, and just…
Movie Reviews Borgman 23 Mar 201517 Oct 2016 Netherlands. Directed by Alex van Warmerdam, 2013. Starring Jan Bijvoet, Hadewych Minis, Jeroen Perceval. 113 minutes. In Dutch, with English subtitles. What comes to mind when you think of elves?…
Movie Reviews… Retro Review: Enter the Void 3 Mar 201512 Nov 2017 France. Directed by Gaspar Noé, 2009. Starring Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, Cyril Roy. 143 minutes. I think someone once said that his definition of a good television series was…
Movie Reviews Enemy 8 Sep 201418 Oct 2016 Canada. Directed by Denis Villenueve, 2013. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Sarah Gadon, Melanie Laurent. 90 minutes. I try to go into a movie knowing as little as possible as possible about it.…
Movie Reviews A Field in England 7 Jul 201411 Nov 2017 United Kingdom. Directed by Ben Wheatley, 2013. Starring Reece Shearsmith, Michael Smiley, Richard Glover. 90 minutes. 6/10 Trapped on a battlefield of the English Civil War, the coward (Reece Shearsmith) hides. His name…
