The director of the trans-centric drama sits down to talk about indie filmmaking, the struggles of trans POC, and more.
Category Archive: Festivals
Coverage of domestic and international film festivals, previewing the latest upcoming features and independent favorites.
Bertrand Bonello writes & directs a genre defying story about teenage passion & the thin veil between life & death.
The ’80s-set film about Satanists targeting music groupies is a delight of heavy metal horror comedy.
The Vincenzo Natali adaptation of Stephen King’s short story is a repetitive struggle.
As Fantastic Fest opens, we talk to Johannes Nyholm, the director of the darkly imaginative Koko-Di Koko-Da, about grief, trauma, and the bizarre.
A punk drummer loses his hearing in Darius Marder’s intense, layered personal drama, with an intense lead performance by Ahmed.
The acclaimed filmmaker stumbles in her slick, but inaccessible portrait of the iconic civil rights figure.
While it captures some of the melancholy of the acclaimed novel, John Crowley’s adaptation is too leaden and self-serious to really soar.
Gay swim teams, trans immigrants, and a conflicted horror movie star highlight this year’s slate at Reeling, Chicago’s premier LGBTQ+ film festival.
Danish director Daniel Joseph Borgman’s coming of age drama is an uncomfortable story of abuse, mental illness, and escape.
The writer/directors of Fantasia fave Freaks, talk about the lo-fi origins of their unconventional superhero story.
Zach Gayne’s psychological thriller/comedy about female friendship starts out strong, but quickly loses its way.
Ryland Tews’ affectionate homage to 50’s B-horror will win your heart as it drags you to your watery doom.
Chelsea Stardust directs Grady Hendrix’s gruesomely funny take on devil-worshiping suburbanites.
Dwein Ruedas Baltazar’s third feature is a morbidly beautiful tale filled with unexpectedly rich textures.
Jordan Graham’s minimalist supernatural horror will get under your skin in ways you won’t see coming.
Makoto Nagahisa’s wild video game flavored comedy about a group of jaded orphans is like nothing you’ve ever seen.
We talk to the director of the latest chiller from Fantasia about the hells of suburbia and working on his second film.
