Tag: international cinema
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Beauty standards for women were put on notice last year as Coralie Fargeat’s body-horror masterpiece The Substance roared into theaters. The innovative and hypnotic thriller has absolutely dominated the horror space since last summer, even earning Demi Moore her third Golden Globe nomination and first win. While horror fans are surely expecting an influx of…
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We’ve all seen films about hitmen before. Hell, just a few months ago, Netflix released a movie called Hit Man, and it proved to be a big success. These contract killers have been a cinematic mainstay for decades, so at first blush, it might not seem wise to make an entire anthology film about them.…
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The Fantasia International Film Festival features a wide range of movies. If you look through this year’s slate, you’ll see horror films, action flicks, sci-fi mind-benders, and some super inventive fantasy movies, but when I was looking through the plot synopses, the one that struck me the most was the dystopian thriller The Tenants. It…
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As a hardcore horror fan, I watch a lot of bleak movies. In fact, before I saw FAQ, every film I watched at Fantasia this year was at least somewhat on the gloomier side. I just tend to gravitate towards these movies, but every once in a while, I want something a bit more lighthearted.…