Fantasia Fest 2023: ‘Lovely, Dark, and Deep’ Takes Conspiracy and Obsession Into the Wild
Things get weird in the woods in the excellent Fantasia 2023 selection, ‘Lovely, Dark, and Deep.’
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In the Game: ‘Everybody 1-2 Switch!’ is More Frustrating Than Fun
Nintendo’s ‘Everybody 1-2 Switch!’ brings nothing to the party. Find out more in this installment of In the Game.
In the Game: ‘Lego 2K Drive’ Satisfies My Need For Speed
Lego 2K Racing is the irreverent, endlessly customizable racing game of my dreams.
Review: Agnieszka Smoczynska’s ‘Fugue’ Emerges From the Darkness
Fugue is another in Agneieska Smocynska’s canon of outstanding horrors about women unraveling the mysteries of their own identity. It also cements her place as one of the most important Polish directors working today, as well as one of the best in horror in general.
Review: Liz Fania Werner and Carlos Montaner’s ‘Waking Karma’
Waking Karma is a movie that, on paper at least, explores unspeakable cruelty and the agency of women in the face of a patriarchal cult. It perhaps lacks a certain artfulness and gravity, but it goes so low, so hard on its main eponymous lead character, that it has a haunting effect.
Review: The Provocative And Important Book ‘A Boy’s Own Story’ Is Retold As A Graphic Novel
A beloved coming of age story and a touchstone in gay culture finds itself a new home and, perhaps, a new audience – as a stunning and engrossing graphic novel.
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
Review: Andy Mitton’s ‘The Harbinger’ Delves Into the Nightmare of Pandemic Life
Andy Mitton’s The Harbinger captures COVID and pandemic life in a portrait of two nightmare-plagued friends.
BBP!’s Album of the Week: “Tellin’ Stories,” The Charlatans UK (1997)
The fifth studio album by British alternative rock stalwarts saw the Charlatans UK find their greatest commercial success amidst one of the group’s greatest personal losses.
31 Days of Horror 2021 Presents Jeffery ‘X’ Martin on Ben Wheatley’s ‘In the Earth’ (2021)
Jeffery ‘X’ Martin reviews Ben Wheatley’s 2021 folk horror ‘In The Earth’ for 31 Days of Horror!
Review: Bruce LaBruce’s ‘Saint Narcisse’ is a Career Best
Bruce LaBruce’s ‘Saint Narcisse’is a compelling and provocative story, and has style for days along with one hell of a climax.
TIFF 2021: Julia Ducournau’s ‘Titane’ is the Most Subversive Film of the Year
When either set of credits roll on Julia Ducournau’s Titane, the most likely feeling you’ll have is a kind of delicious whiplash, or disorientation. You may not know what you’re in for, or what you’ve just witnessed, but you’ll likely be certain that you’ve seen something special.