6.5
There is an enthralling line of dark-web, creepypasta intrigue running through Jacob Gentry’s Broadcast Signal Intrusion. which starts his sleek conspiracy thriller off on some strong footing. Set in the late ’90s, when the broadcast airwaves were unruly and full of potential
7.5
It is the film’s personal, maternal angle that makes I Am A Cliché anything but.
7
In the economically bizarre world we live in – where the sizable population of the super-ultra rich could collectively cure world hunger multiple times over but have just decided not to – we have been programmed to view the very idea of
7
Anthony Scott Burns’ sci-fi horror is a nail-biting terror ride for all, but being familiar with Jungian concepts makes Come True all the more cerebral and enjoyable.
7
Fires on the Plain sees Tsukamoto apply his signature style to a classic of Japanese cinema.
8
The Actor is a witty and kind-hearted look at the acting industry from the perspective of a career sideliner.
5.5
The wonted familial deceit that props up Lying to Mom belies the uneven and bloated melodrama of its plot.
8
Lapsis is the perfect type of science fiction, which draws unmistakable parallels to our current society and nudges it ever so slightly beyond where we are now but cautiously predicts where we could go if trends continue.
10
A manic meta-comedy of immense proportions, Red Post on Escher Street pokes fun at the chaos of film production with equal parts absurdity and empathy.
7
The laid-back approach in Mori, the Artist’s Habitat works well for such a terminally breezy subject.
4
The Wanting Mare serves better as a model for DIY fantasy and sci-fi filmmaking than as an enjoyable film.
9
Night of the Kings deftly celebrates the power of storytelling and myth-making when one’s freedoms are limited.
5.5
Sean Ellis’ 19th-century werewolf horror film lacks the substance and the follow-through to be memorable.
8
Prisoners of the Ghostland sees the eccentric Sion Sono embrace the midnight-movie mode and his exaggerated reputation to make one of his strangest features.
6
The Night is a slick — but ideologically empty — time-loop horror that drags on like its creepy premise.
1
At least once a year or so, a long-lost movie will be unearthed, restored and released to the masses. Obscure titles like Miami Connection and Roar have been re-released and have garnered new cult fanbases, while certain movies of legend — like
