The Keeper: A Heady Mix Of Art, Obsession And Blood

The Keeper brings together two strangers on their mutual need to forge a lasting connection. Celeste (Betsy Adkins Johnson), long dealing with the loss of her husband Tom, her wedding band hanging around her neck, longs for pleasure and companionship. Robert, who we are first introduced to without a face, (Bob Celli) is an older… Continue reading The Keeper: A Heady Mix Of Art, Obsession And Blood

Laboratory Conditions: Exploring The Fundamental Questions Of Human Existence

What is the exact moment of death? Is it a clinically-declared physical phenomenon or a spiritual experience? What happens when a person ‘dies’? Does the soul exist? Laboratory Conditions, directed by Jocelyn Stamat, tries to grapple with these larger-than-life questions in a classic Science versus Faith situation. The film begins with a low tense, dramatic… Continue reading Laboratory Conditions: Exploring The Fundamental Questions Of Human Existence

Make Me A Sandwich: The Psychological Horror Of A Catchphrase

The film opens with an ominous soundtrack and Johnson’s (Peter Hodgins) furious face, shrieking “Where’s my sandwich?” A petrified Marcy (Anne Shepherd) rushes in with a sandwich. He’s pacified. At the outset, this appears to be a classic setting for a film dealing with domestic abuse and violence — a husband’s tyranny over his helpless… Continue reading Make Me A Sandwich: The Psychological Horror Of A Catchphrase

The Fall: The Deep Reaching Wounds Of Young Love

Aydin, as a man well into his years, still harbours the wounds and accompanying bitterness of love lost. As a teenager, he found love with his middle-aged boxing trainer, Asher (Michael Shanahan), only to lose him after a period of blissful passion. Thus goes the story of Shannon Anderson’s The Fall.  This story he relates… Continue reading The Fall: The Deep Reaching Wounds Of Young Love

No Comment: The Definitive Critique Of Hollywood

Russell Goldman’s No Comment is a commentary on #MeToo, a breathtakingly powerful work that takes the proverbial bull by its horns, in more ways than one.  Centre stage is Robert Grainger, aged superstar, the face of an action franchise, doing the one-thousandth round of press junket. The disorientation is palpable. Opposite him, literally, is Abigail,… Continue reading No Comment: The Definitive Critique Of Hollywood

The Absence of You: Sibling Rivalry Put To Test

A girl stumbling to walk along the path set by her older sister invites the ire of her parents, regardless of her efforts. Sounds familiar? Crushed under the rubble of expectations that she just can’t mirror, in this case, a near-perfect-sibling, she decides to become the next best thing known – that of a failed… Continue reading The Absence of You: Sibling Rivalry Put To Test

Change: Mundanity Changes To Tragedy In No Time

Joe Jennings Jr.’s Change has a neat plot to its advantage. Set in a laundromat, the film records a fleeting moment of doubt, reassurance and then crashing change.   Sixteen-year-old Kendra (Jamila Gray) unironically asked a politician what it takes to be the president. President of what, her mother asked when she recounted the story. Of… Continue reading Change: Mundanity Changes To Tragedy In No Time

Meltozoid-The Remake: A Merrily Gallant Fantasy/Parody For Filmmakers And Cinephiles

Writer-Director Zach Zeman’s Meltozoid-The Remake is a film about a film remake, set in a distant past that speaks of a very successful director of B-horror movies who, like Hitchcock, made a particularly famous film, which now faces the threat of being remade. This director (William Lewis played by Carlo Fiorletta) literally comes back from… Continue reading Meltozoid-The Remake: A Merrily Gallant Fantasy/Parody For Filmmakers And Cinephiles

On Air: Masterful Telling Of A Man’s Buried Past

Secrets, mortifying tales, private moments – all of which you’d want securely buried. But, imagine them spilling out. And, now imagine them spilling out in the open, in public. Embarrassing, isn’t it? Dreadful, wouldn’t you agree? Bastiaan Rook’s On Air hits on all these bone-chilling notes to tell the scandalizing story of Brian. Who doesn’t… Continue reading On Air: Masterful Telling Of A Man’s Buried Past

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