Top Knot Detective was a short-lived television series in Japan that has now achieved cult status around the world. This film examines why it became so while definitely not being all that great of a show. It also looks into the rise and fall of its star and costars.
Author Archives: Emilie Black
#ACTORSLIFE (2016)
An actor eager to make his mark in film takes a part offered by a more established actor who doesn’t feel like taking the job. This leads him down a very unexpected path.
Inquilinos (2018) [San Diego Latino Film Festival 2018]
A young couple, Luzma and Demian, having had to make some hard choices moves into their new place and things start getting weirder and weirder as they attempt to make this new place a home.
Justice Served (2017)
In a world where being a good person is suspicious and being punished, a man is on trial for pushing a little girl. Was he trying to kill her or save her?
Enthusiastic Sinners (2017) [CineQuest 2018]
Bruce and Shelley meet when the police are called on gunshots at her place. As there is no issue beyond misbehaving kids, they get to talking and lust quickly takes over. As they spend some times together getting to know each other, lust makes way to something much stronger.
Father’s Day (2017)
A recently widowed father visits his daughters in Los Angeles for Father’s Day with the hopes of saving them from their tortured artists’ lives.
Written and directed by Betty Ouyang, this short film explores family relations between two artist sisters and their more down to Earth father through one meal together. The family dynamics on display here are interesting to watch develop as more information is revealed about each member. Ouyang takes this subject and makes it distinctly hers by putting herself in the lead as well as in the writing and directing style. Here the subject is taken head-on and shown through intimate conversations. The way she approaches each discussion, each interaction is honest and done in a manner that is up close and personal for the characters thus pulling the viewer into their lives.
An Interview with Kaila Hier [Women in Horror Month 2018]
Kaila Hier works mostly behind the scenes once the films are ready to be seen. She is a PR queen who mostly works with genre festivals such as Final Girls Berlin Film Festival and Fantasia International Film Festival. She also works representing independent films, books, etc. The woman knows her stuff and the industry inside and out.