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Category Archives: Festivals & Events
Actor Spooky Madison Interview [Women in Horror Month 2024]
For our second interview of the day, let’s meet multi-talented actor Spooky Madison.
Monster Performer Samantha Rodes Interview [Women in Horror Month 2024]
We are back, back at it! Women in Horror Month 2024 is upon us. Come joing us and get to know creative women of the genre. Today, we start with Monster Performer Samathan Rodes.
The Sacred Cave (La Grotte sacrée) (2023) [FIAF’s ‘Animation First’ Film Fest 2024]
FIAF’s ‘Animation First’ Film Festival runs from January 23rd through January 28th.
Directors Daniel Minlo and Cyrille Masso’s “The Sacred Cave” have a lot of interesting lore to put forward for fans of animation, and with their feature film there are so much of the concepts about courage, and importance of family and culture embedded in the classic hero’s journey. The pair of directors knows exactly what kind of movie that they’re delivering, though, as they convey the classic tropes through a unique setting that we rarely see in modern mainstream animation. That should be a catch for animation buffs looking for something different.
Love and Work (2023) [Slamdance 2024]
The Slamdance Film Festival runs Digitally and In-Person from January 19th to January 28th.
Much as I tried I just couldn’t click in to Pete Oh’s world that he painted for the audience. Everything about his movie is a science fiction dystopia centered on the irony that everyone loves to be subjugated and work themselves to the bone. With the whole reversal of the concept of the working class, as well as the central plot of the narrative of two people accidentally learning what pleasure and relaxation feels like, I was relatively bored most of the time.
Dicks That I Like (2022) [Slamdance 2024]
The Slamdance Film Festival runs Digitally and In-Person from January 19th to January 28th.
“Dicks That I Like” from Johanna Gustin is a great documentary about taking back the power and re-claiming the whole phallic symbol once and for all. Embracing the phallic object fro the men that made their lives miserable, a group of women are able to find a sense of catharsis and take back some sense of control.
My Son Went Quiet (2023) [Slamdance 2024]
The Slamdance Film Festival runs Digitally and In-Person from January 19th to January 28th.
Director Ian Bawa’s short film is a very sad and gut wrenching drama about grief and how we deal with a major loss in our lives. Bawa’s film is a half documentary half fictional tale through the eyes of an East Asian man who just lost his wife. After her sad unfortunate death, he and his son struggle to cope, but he falls silent. The pair go through various doctors who rule him “sick in the head” despite feeling immense loss from his mother.