ALASKA **** Canada 2019 Dir: Gwynne Phillips, Briana Templeton, Chris Wilson. 13 mins Written and directed by three of its stars, this darkly funny class satire has man of modest means (and “in between jobs”) Tom (Chris Wilson) running late with wife Paige (Gwynne Phillips) for the dinner party hosted…
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IMAGINE A WORLD **** Canada 2019 Dir: Joanna Tsanis. 15 mins We’ve all been stuck with some variation of that annoyingly persistent dead-eyed internet salesman (here portrayed with horrible conviction by Rob Notman), one of the interchangeably awful white men clad in white shirt and red tie, promising speeds of…
BAR FIGHT **** USA 2019 Dir: Benjamin R. Moody. 4 mins Writer-director Benjamin R. Moody made the excellent LAST GIRL STANDING in 2015, one of the best – and most underrated – revisionist slasher movies of our times. This brutal showcase for star / fight co-ordinator Aaron D. Alexander leaves…
BEST FRIENDS FOREVER (BFF) **** Canada 2018 Dir: Emily Gagne, Josh Korngut. 13 mins An atmospheric, stylish distillation of the American modern horror film’s vengeful / bullied teen trope, this has three teenage girls sharing the story of Nancy (Jen Pogue), a cruelly pranked, unpopular late-90’s student who disappeared after…
From the executive producers of Texas Chainsaw and Day Of The Dead, THE ASSENT is a new tale of supernatural terror from multi award-winning writer and director Pearry Reginald Teo (The Evil Inside, The Gene Generation). Synopsis: In this fresh new horror, single father Joel (Robert Kazinsky, Pacific Rim,…