TimecrimesBy Dustin Jansick It does not take long to notice that even the smallest of details in Nacho Vigalondo’s Timecrimes are not without purpose. As with most time-travel films, if you were...
Paradise: LoveBy Dustin Jansick Ulrich Seidl packs a punch full of irony in Paradise: Love where neither paradise nor love is anywhere to be found. On display instead is a voyeuristic view of...
AntiviralBy Dustin Jansick Antiviral is a high-concept sci-fi film debut from Brandon Cronenberg, son of legendary director David Cronenberg. It is not completely far-fetched to imagine a future celebrity obsessed society where...
Import/ExportBy Dustin Jansick Ulrich Seidl has a knack for making his audience uncomfortable and Import/Export is certainly no different. If any amusement is found in the film, it generally comes at someone...
To the WonderBy Dustin Jansick Considering that Terrence Malick has never put out consecutive films less than five years apart, one time it was two decades, putting out a film only a year after...
Evil Dead (2013)By Bernard Boo As I watched a demon-possessed girl split her own tongue in half with a rusty boxcutter, and then proceed to partake in the most disgusting French kiss I’ve ever...
Benny Loves KillingBy Amy Priest It can be stated right from the start that this film is technically adept, masterfully shot and uses blindingly beautiful colour; Benny Loves Killing is one hell of a...
Spring BreakersBy C.J. Prince When the news came out that Harmony Korine, director of Gummo, Julien Donkey-Boy and Trash Humpers, was making a movie about spring break involving James Franco and Disney starlets,...
Profile of a KillerBy Dustin Jansick After writing credits for blockbuster titles such as Beyond Borders and The Island, Caspian Tredwell-Owen extends his talents beyond just writing and into directing with his debut of the...
Upstream ColorBy Dustin Jansick For all intents and purposes, Shane Carruth has completely disappeared off the filmmaking radar ever since his mind blowing indie sci-fi debut of Primer eight years ago. The only...
Kon-TikiBy C.J. Prince The story of Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki expedition is one so extraordinary it’s hard to believe it took this long to get dramatized. Heyerdahl (Pål Sverre Hagen), an...
Dark Blood (Berlinale)By Will von Tagen In 1993, director George Sluizer ended production of his film, Dark Blood, when the lead actor died unexpectedly. I’m too young to have much to say about River Phoenix....
SightseersBy Dustin Jansick First premiering at the sidebar event held during Cannes Film Festival called the Director’s Fortnight, Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers is a film that works best when it takes you by...
Somebody Up There Likes MeBy Dustin Jansick Perhaps the point of the film is to have no point, but it feels like more of a cop out than any real revelation.
