THE LOST FILMS OF BLOODY NORA **** UK 2019 Dir: Sophia Di Martino. 9 mins The directorial debut for writer-actor Sophia Di Martino – whose acting work includes playing Carol in Danny Boyle’s 2019 hit YESTERDAY – and it’s a distinctive, startling piece of work. Framed by a kind of…
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ABHORRENT **** Canada 2019 Dir: David Scott. 15 mins A notably grim and graphic entry into the “fucked up family” cycle of modern rural (usually American) horror, this pivots around Simon (Alex Friesen), a teenage boy who has just passed a rite of passage on his family farm. Dad (Garth…
UTUKKU **** Canada 2018 Dir: Mathieu Laprise. 15 mins A bite size mini-series, unfolding here in three 5 minute chapters, this has an affecting performance by Leanne Desilets as a downtrodden high school student, frequently bullied by Principal’s daughter Zeneb Blanchet and initially seen forcibly shut in her own locker.…
THE SPOONS: THE FIRST AND LAST TIME *** Canada 2019 Dir: Peter Sacco. 5 mins For the uninitiated, The Spoons is a new wave Ontario-based band that, in varying incarnations, has been around since the late seventies. “The First and Last Time” is the first song from their 2019 album…
HOW TO BE ALONE **** USA 2019 Dir: Kate Trefry. 13 mins This is the filmmaking debut for writer Kate Trefry, a staff-writer on Netflix’s STRANGER THINGS. Maika Monroe, so good in both THE GUEST and IT FOLLOWS, is typically excellent as a photographer stuck at home while her husband…