Bite-size horror for those who enjoy their shocks in smaller doses, Deathgasm Producer Ant Timpson’s thematic follow-up to the ABCs of Death focuses on the myth and folklore that has pervaded centuries of fear. An […]
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ROCKABUL
Afghanistan’s first psychedelic metal band will hopefully not be their last. Following District Unknown through their travails, travels and some less than common receptions, Australian documentarian Travis Beard has produced a fairly intimate portrait of […]
PRODUCER ANT TIMPSON TALKS ‘THE FIELD GUIDE TO EVIL’
“The directive to them was to find origin stories that hadn’t been visible for a long time, that was the dark well they all went down and it was really interesting to see what they […]
SAMUI SONG
You probably saw that coming, but it won’t matter. Thai filmmaker Pen-Ek Ratanaruang’s latest could laxly be described as Dial M for Murder railroaded by a comedy of errors, but that wouldn’t ascribe much to […]
TOWER. A BRIGHT DAY
Sometimes, subtlety doesn’t actually help. A family reunion in a small Polish village isn’t your usual setting for the surreal or supernatural. When a long-since absent sister returns to her siblings and ailing mother, things […]
