Someone is murdering the gay porn actors of Paris; can director Anne crack the case before it’s too late? This is a stylish homage to the giallo, with many of the genre’s…
Author: Michael Hartford
Into the Dark: All That We Destroy
Geneticist Victoria hits on a novel, if ethically problematic, way to help her son Spencer work through his violent impulses. The experiment doesn’t go as planned. This was a solid offering in…
Monsters
A photographer is tasked with escorting his employer’s daughter to safety through the “Infected Zone” of northern Mexico, where giant extraterrestrial monsters roam. This has some similarities to “Cloverfield,” in that it…
Cloverfield
When a giant monster attacks Manhattan during his going-away party, Rob defies the evacuation to go back into the city rescue his girlfriend Beth, with his camera-toting friend Hudson right behind him….
The Perfection
Charlotte, a former cello prodigy who had to give up music to care for her dying mother, seeks out her former teachers and their new protege, Elizabeth. But Charlotte has more than…
Blue My Mind
Mia moves to a new school, where she has to deal with making new friends, tries to fit in with the cool kids, and faces a terrifying physical transformation. This is a…
Rökkur
When he receives a strange phone call from his ex-boyfriend Einar, Gunnar goes to Einar’s secluded family cabin, where together they face their loneliness, isolation, regret, and something dark on the uncaring…
Monster Party
Three young burglars plan to rob a house where there’s a dinner party going on for serial killers in a sort of rehab program. Several of the serial killers fall off the…
Thelma
A college student suffers unexplained seizures, and discovers a dark history of repression and power. This is an odd and sometimes dream-like film; I’m not sure what parts of it to take…
Butter on the Latch
Two women leave the city behind for a camp in the woods where there are classes in Balkan folk music and dance. A budding romance creates tensions and some apparent fugue states….