Tribeca 2023: Sacha Polak’s ‘Silver Haze’
Tribeca 2023: Sacha Polak’s ‘Silver Haze’ is messy, and it’s lovely: it’s working class London and it works as a film.
Author: Dorianne Emmerton
Tribeca 2023: Sav Rodgers’ ‘Chasing Chasing Amy’
Tribeca 2023: Sav Rodgers’ ‘Chasing Chasing Amy’, a documentary by a queer filmmaker about Kevin Smith’s Chasing Amy, is unexpectedly compelling.
Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2022: ‘Follow Her’, ‘Vicinal’, ‘Mother Tongue’, ‘AlieNation’, and ‘Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice’
Dorianne Emmerton reviews some of the horror shorts at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival
Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2022: Rodrigo Gudiño’s ‘The Breach’
In Rodrigo Gudino’s ‘The Breach’, the landscape is beautiful, the actors are attractive, the horror is cosmic, and the special effects are gruesome.
31 Days of Horror 2022 – The Performances That Make Us Scream “Saint Maud” (2020)
In the latest installment of The Performances That Make us Scream, Dorianne Emmerton looks at the phenomenal work of Morfydd Clark in Saint Maud.
Review: Virginia Abramovich’s ‘Between Waves’ Spans Dimensions
In the new Canadian film Between Waves, from filmmaker Virginia Abramovich, both the emotions and the intentions of the people moving between worlds are quite untidy.
Tribeca Film Festival: ‘Mark and Mary and Some Other People’ Review
Hannah Marks’ ‘Mark and Mary and Some Other People’ Gets It All Wrong
Tribeca Film Festival: Samantha Aldana’s ‘Shapeless’ Review
In Samantha Aldana’s ‘Shapeless’, Ivy knows her secret is destroying her, but she’s so good at keeping it. There’s always another snack to eat, and always another man to screw, as she and her body continue to betray each other.
Tribeca Film Festival: ‘False Positive’ Review
‘False Positive’ has things to say about patriarchy, sure; but it also has something stark to say about the racism of affluent white liberals.
Tribeca Film Festival: ‘All My Friends Hate Me’ Review
Andrew Gaynord’s ‘All My Friends Hate Me’ has the allure of relatable anxiety.
Tribeca Film Festival Shorts: Zach Woods’ ‘David’ & Aubrey Smyth’s ‘Liza Anonymous’ Reviews
Reviews of short films ‘David’ and ‘Liza Anonymous’ from Dorianne Emmerton (@headonist) at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival!
Review: ‘Spiral’ Is A Genre Take on Trauma and Oppression
Kurtis Harder’s Spiral is a worthwhile watch for the carefully-considered genre take on trauma.