Norwegian director Janicke Askevold offers a restrained yet layered exploration of solo motherhood, merging Scandinavian arthouse sensibilities with subtle genre elements to examine shifting family dynamics in contemporary society.
A romantic anniversary trip to a secluded cabin turns sinister when a dark presence reveals itself, forcing a couple to confront the property’s haunting past.
German director Julian Radlmaier shifts from overt satire to a more lyrical mode, delivering a psychogeographic portrait of precarious lives and fleeting solidarities in a post-socialist landscape.
A loyal dog moves to a rural family home with his owner Todd, only to discover supernatural forces lurking in the shadows. As dark entities threaten his human companion, the brave pup must fight to protect the one he loves most.
Director Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji constructs a fragmented, myth-infused portrait of post-ISIS Baghdad, where the traumas of a lost generation unfold through the eyes of a silent child wandering between memory, violence, and ancient legend.
Ahead of this week’s release of ‘Honey Don’t,’ we look back at last year’s solo effort by Ethan Coen.
The 78th Locarno Film Festival spotlighted a new wave of global cinema, with Sho Miyake’s ‘Tabi to Hibi’ claiming the Golden Leopard.
Slovenian director Kukla creates an intimate exploration of gender fluidity and self-discovery within the framework of a coming-of-age tale set in the contemporary Balkans in her fiction debut.
Our friends at Grimmfest have revealed the full lineup for this year’s festival, to be held at the Oden Great Northern in Manchester, from October 9th through to the 12th. Always a perfect primer for spooky season this year’s seventeenth edition comes with the expected thrills and chills the festival is known for. This year’s festival boasts four world premieres including locally made thriller Past Life, directed by the festival’s director himself, Simeon Halligan. The thing that we appreciated about Grimmfest’s lineups is that they don’t go for all the greatest hits from the festival circuit, rather choosing a lot of titles that we’re not familiar with, yet. Two titles that do jump out to us are Don’t Leave Kids Alone, the LatAm horror…
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at several music videos by Jake Schreier. Currently Jake Schreier is Hollywood’s (and especially Marvel’s) new go-to-guy, after the moderate success of Thunderbolts, and being tapped for the X-men-reboot. However modest his beginnings, with the small indie-drama Robot and Frank and the young adult-adaptation Paper Towns, he was the buzz of the town because of some of his music videos. His music videos show a singular voice and vision that doesn’t necessarily translate that well to his feature film work, but the echoes of which still can be felt in some instances. Let’s go over why Jake Schreier’s music video work is well worth…