The story of Ducarmel, a poet, firefighter, father, basketball amateur, and soup-maker.
Tag Archives: Indie Film
Emptiness (2023) [Fantasia Film Festival 2023]
A woman whose husband has disappeared is stuck in a house with two other women, one helpful, the other not so much.
Hundreds of Beavers (2023) [Fantasia Film Festival 2023]
A fur trapper facing a harsh winter falls for the trader’s daughter and must trap hundreds of beavers to prove himself.
With Love and a Major Organ (2023) [Fantasia Film Festival 2023]
In a world similar to ours, but even more detached from emotions, a young woman has a change of heart and decides to try to fit in with the more coldhearted people in the population. Her mother passes and things start devolving for her.
BAD MOVIE MONDAY: BAD BEN (2016)
My favorite thing about watching “bad” movies with my friends is when we accidentally find one that’s really well made. It’s such a nice surprise. Like when you expect that something will taste sour but instead get a mouthful of sweet nectar. On the surface BAD BEN looks like it should be perfect for a bad movie night. It’s very low budget, it’s made by someone who is arguably an amateur, and it’s one of the many imitators following in the footsteps of the found footage genre that The Blair Witch Project catapulted into popularity. However, I enjoyed the hell out of this. Yeah, it’s got a few rough edges, but if you’ve ever read any of my previous reviews you should know by now that I like it rough.
tOuch Kink (2023) [Fantasia Film Festival 2023]
I’ve always maintained that, as long as its legal and consensual, we should embrace our sexuality and kinks no matter how unusual it may seem to others. Kinks and fetishes are a form of human expression as much as they are about desire, and they can be important in deciding who we are and how we can operate on the outside. Sexuality shouldn’t be vilified it should be openly explored and embraced. “tOuch Kink” is a refreshing documentary that, while about sex and erotica, is also about humanity. It’s about our inner desires and how they can be a catharsis and even therapeutic.
Blackout (2023) [Fantasia Film Festival 2023]
In a small town, a werewolf is causing mayhem. A local artist seems to believe that he is the werewolf.