Cannes 2019 — The Dead Don’t Die: Self-importance of the Dead
Misplaced sense of loyalty? Desire to fill the red carpet with big international stars? One thing is for sure: the decision to open this 72nd International Cannes Film Festival with […]
John Wick 3 — Impasse and escalation
The sun is setting on a calm New York City evening when suddenly, the camera pans to the right to reveal a world burdened by thunder and heavy rain. It’s […]
Ghost of Guts Eater — Flying heads, intestines, and social order
The image is undeniably disturbing: an adult woman’s head with long black hair and blood-thirsty eyes haunts the night, effortlessly flying through the darkness. What of her body? Left lying […]
The Wandering Earth – China takes off towards the infinite
Chinese science-fiction cinema has a long history of unsure beginnings, failures, so-bad-it’s-good movies, exploitation flicks, as well as sporadic, intimist successes. Chinese-speaking sci-fi films exist since 1959, but The Wandering […]
Interview with Lee Cronin
The Hole in the Ground premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and opened theatrically and on VOD in several markets in February and March. It has yet to make […]
The Hole in the Ground – The anguish of introspection
Has there ever been a more prolific era for Irish horror films? For the past ten years, more filmmakers from the Emerald Isle than ever have tried their hand at […]
