Crawl
Everyone who watched Skins (2007-2010) loved Effy Stonem (Kaya Scodelario); she was the epitome of cool. So who wouldn’t want to see badass Effy Stonem battle for survival against man-eating… Read more »
Tag: 2010s
009-1: End of the Beginning
Set in the future of an alternate reality where the Cold War never ended, 009-1: End of the Beginning (2013) tells the story of a cyborg super-spy, 009-1 (Mayuko Iwasa)… Read more »
Sleeping Beauty
Julia Leigh’s film Sleeping Beauty (2011), as the title suggests, draws upon the classic folktale to construct its social commentary. Leigh, a well respected Australian author, also based her screenplay… Read more »
Wreckers
Dictynna Hood’s debut feature film Wreckers (2011) is an unflinching portrait of a family unit undone by years of trauma. Wreckers was a relatively early vehicle for stars Benedict Cumberbatch… Read more »
Summer Of 84
Summer Of 84 (2018) is another in a long line of recent horror films that draws heavily on 80s nostalgia. The screenwriters of this opus, Matt Leslie and Stephen J…. Read more »
November
Andrus Kivirähk’s novel Rehepapp ehk November, published in 2000, examines and satirizes the roles that superstition and religion play in humanity’s everyday life via a fantasy story set in 19th… Read more »
The Two Popes
More than anything else The Two Popes (2019) is a stunning late career showcase for actors Jonathan Pryce and Anthony Hopkins. A majority of films based upon stage plays, in… Read more »
WNUF Halloween Special
Chris LaMartina and company really whipped up something unique with WNUF Halloween Special (2013). Posing as a bootleg VHS of a public access television special from 1987, WNUF Halloween Special… Read more »
The Death Of Stalin
The Death Of Stalin (2017) takes an absurdist view of history. The events following the demise of the one time ruler of the Soviet Union are reenacted as a farce…. Read more »
The Legend Of Tomiris
The Legend Of Tomiris or just simply Tomiris (2019) is a biographical film about the titular queen of the Massagetae who defeated the Persian conqueror Cyrus the Great in 530… Read more »
