The Body (2020)
We previously reviewed Adam Weber’s movie The First Date and said that it was “a fun effort” with “decent FX.” Now he’s sent us his latest work, which is a quick little tale of two men and a dead — well, maybe — body. Yes, these two characters have been asked to bury the body in […]
Dumplings/Gau ji (2004)
Fruit Chan’s Dumplings is a masterpiece. It is also a film not for the faint of heart. If you cringed when you watched Pier Paolo Pasolini’s final film, 1975’s Salo, the 120 Days of Sodom . . . if you experienced a case of vomit reflux at Tom Six’s The Human Centipede . . . […]
This Life, I am a flower pot (2018)
If there was ever a film that definitively proves film is a universal art form that defies the roughly 6,500 languages in our world, it is this 38th directing effort from Chun-Ku Lu: This Life, I am a flower pot. Unknown in the United States, outside of the most discriminating martial arts connoisseur, director Chun-Ku […]
Tales From Six Feet Under (2020)
Nicholas Michael Jacobs, the director of Night and Urban Fears is back, this time with an anthology film that follows a character named The Visitor through a graveyard as he tells the story of how three people died. This time, he has a $1,500 budget, which is about $500 more than last time. Let’s get […]
Wicca Book (2020)
In the late ‘90s, Robert Altman (M.A.S.H, Nashville, Quintet) transitioned into television with an innovative approach to the anthology-narrative format: Gun, which aired on the ABC-TV network. Each unrelated episode—with new plots and characters for each story—followed a .45 semi-automatic pistol on its travels from person to person. In Wicca Book, writer-director Vahagn Karapetyan’s seventh […]
Nightfire (2020)
What a happy, accidental discovery—considering B&S About Movies is in the midst of its “James Bond Month” extravaganza. Filmed in the popular cinematic location of Verona, Italy, one of the locations for the 2008 James Bond entry, Quantum of Solace, Nightfire is a timely story about the plight of the Ukrainian people and the United […]
Dear Guest (2020)
I’ve long since surpassed my Hollywood-mainstream film attendances with my affection for the new breed cultivated in film festivals: I love going to film festivals, seeing short films, and acting in short films: the camaraderie of the indie environs is pure electric. It’s oxygen. It’s life. I got my start in the entertainment industry by […]
Urban Fears (2019)
The byline for this movie states: “Most horror stories take place in suburban areas, but these three teenagers are about to realize that those are not the only places where these things happen.” Nicholas Michael Jacobs also directed Night, a movie that features long shots of people getting ready. This one starts with nearly ten minutes […]
Occurrence at Mills Creek (2019)
Clara, a young woman burdened by guilt following the deaths of her mother and sister, has her reality shatter in this new movie, that will take an already complete short film to the next level. It’s directed by Don Swanson, who was also behind A Wish for Giants, which we reviewed last year. There are plenty of […]
2019 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge: Day 24: Pink Plastic Flamingos (2017) and Project Skyborn (2014)
Day 24 Short Attention Span Theatre: Watch some shorts or anthology things This 24th day of Scarecrow Video of Seattle’s Psychotronic October Scarecrow Challenge of 31 movies in 31 days is tailor made for the binge-watchable sci-fi films at DUST (make your own anthology film!). Their portal features science fiction shorts from emerging filmmakers obsessed […]
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