SWALLOW ***** USA / France 2019 Dir: Carlo Mirabella-Davis. 94 mins There are echoes of Todd Haynes’ [SAFE] in this haunting psychological horror piece about an alienated woman’s desperate retreat into a condition that provides her with the comfort and fulfillment lacking elsewhere – though Carlo Mirabella-Davis’ feature debut is…
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DEAD AND BURIED **** USA 1981 Dir: Gary Sherman. 94 mins Like Royston Vasey in the BBC’s later THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN TV series, Potter’s Bluff is a place where the prospects are grim for anyone who isn’t local. This eerily beautiful coastal town provides a startling backdrop for a…
FORET NOIRE *** Canada 2018 Dir: Philippe David Gagne, Jean Marc E. Roy. 20 mins Lushly shot by Olivier Gossot and afforded a lush, evocative orchestral score by Amaury Chabauty, this is a modern spin on old-fashioned drawing room mysteries, shot in Quebec but set in France. For those who…