Thriller

A Dire Strait

By Chris Salce | July 2022

What do you get when you blend years of tradition with a mother-in-law from hell and throw in postpartum hormones? You get…

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What do you get when you blend years of tradition with a mother-in-law from hell and throw in postpartum hormones? You get a nightmare and a pretty damn...

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NOW IN THEATERS! I've said this for years, but out of all of Asian cinema, South Korea puts out the most content that feels very American in tone and...

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FILMOCRACY FEST III 2022 REVIEW! Director/writer Steve Balderson's Alchemy of the Spirit is a gothic deconstruction of death, art, and mystery. At its...

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JC Andreu's short thriller, Vagabond, plays on our fears of traveling abroad. On this auspicious trip to the U.S., young Vincent (Isaac Liu) wakes up in a...

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NOW ON HULU! Anthony Hayes' Gold strips down a multitude of genres – call it a post-apocalyptic survival horror thriller – to bare essentials. Aside...

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NOW IN THEATERS! It's worth repeating. You can choose your friends, but you cannot choose your family. Busting balls and pranking your kin is what families...

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Certain films beg you to set aside your proverbial "critic hat." Appreciating cinematic merit – fleshed-out characters, the tone and fluidity of the...

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A Taste of Blood (original title: Sangre Vurdalak) is one of the more unique cinematic experiences I have ever consumed, just not for the reasons I was...

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Esme, My Love begins as a slow-burn drama, focusing on the relationship between a mother and her young daughter. As the two spend more time in the woods...

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TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2022 REVIEW! The latest offering from writer-director Ellie Foumbi, Our Father, The Devil, considers a fascinating and complex moral...

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