‘Saccharine’ Review: A Sapphic Supernatural Horror for the Ozempic Age
Australian horror connoisseur Natalie Erika James revisits conventions of the genre’s connection with body image, albeit with a feminine edge that puts the film in engaging conversation with society’s ever-shifting perspectives on body positivity, even at junctures when the film overstays its welcome, much like the supernatural adversary haunting its narrative.
‘Reflection in a Dead Diamond’ Review: Style Reigns Over Substance in Dizzying Giallo-Inspired Thriller
For their latest movie, which premiered earlier this year in Competition at the Berlin Film Festival, filmmaking duo Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani fully lean into their fancy for Giallo cinema to deliver a work packed to the brim with stylistic flourish, although drastically detouring from any sense of satisfying narrative coherence in the process.
‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Review: A Familiar Fairytale Reimagined with Gross Out Body Horror
For her feature debut, Norwegian filmmaker Emilie Blichfeldt channels her own feminine experiences to focus on a perspective in the iconic fairytale Cinderella that is typically skewed villainously, culminating with an entertaining work of body horror that oscillates between heartbreaking and disgusting.
‘Sleep’ Review: A Picturesque Family Is Woken by an Unseen Evil in Jason Lu’s Debut Horror Flick
Shifting between expectations and subversions of the horror genre, Lu's first-time feature might be scary enough to keep you awake tonight.
‘Red Rooms’ Review: Pascal Plante’s Latest Tackles the Shadiest Corners of the Dark Web
Precisely crafted and emboldened by its gruesome subject matter, Red Rooms works with brilliance to understand society's ongoing fascination with violent crime.