New kid on the festival block NIGHTSTREAM kicks off tonight with a fabulous lineup showcasing the newest genre films. A collaboration between five festivals affected by COVID-19 (Boston Underground, Brooklyn Horror, Northbend, Overlook, and … [Read more...]
#TIFF: The Best (and Worst) of the Toronto Film Festival
The mostly online edition of this year’s TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) concludes this Sunday and we’ve seen a lot of great stuff. Some highlights: We’re still reeling from Roseanne Linag’s high-altitude Shadow in the Cloud, a feminist action-horror flick … [Read more...]
‘Spiral’ Review: Gay Horror In the Suburbs
A socially conscious horror film that addresses homophobia, trauma, and other issues facing our community, Spiral (directed by Harpoon producer Kurtis David Harder) hits Shudder today, and it’s pretty damn spooky. Set in 1995, the story follows interracial gay couple Malik (the … [Read more...]
‘Ratched’ Review – An Unpleasant Origin Story Without a Heart
Last week, your girl Bianca del Rio tweeted about what 2020 feels like by comparing it to a Ryan Murphy show - the crux of the joke (with an emoji as the punchline) was that it started off ok and then quickly went to hell. This sums up Ratched, the new Netflix prequel to One Flew … [Read more...]
#LaBiennale 2020 – WOW’s Venice Film Diary
The Venice Biennale winds down this weekend and here’s a few films we saw at this year’s socially distanced edition: Julia von Heinz’s antifa drama Und Morgen Die Ganze Welt (And Tomorrow The Entire World) opens with a startling tease - a young woman carrying a hunting … [Read more...]
‘Antebellum’ Review – The Most Anticipated Horror Film of the Year Arrives Next Week
Every now and then a film comes along with a plot twist so ambitious and outrageous, you can’t help but admire its ballsiness, even if it doesn’t fully work. Like last year’s Serenity, a sun-drenched noir starring Matthew McConaughey that left audiences in wide-eyed awe with a … [Read more...]
Fantasia Festival 2020: More Midnight Movie Madness
The virtual version of the Montreal-based Fantasia Film Festival wraps today and here’s a few more highlights from this year’s killer lineup: Come through, Satanic boomer horror! Canadian director Justin Dyck’s fabulously batshit crazy Anything For Jackson forgoes the … [Read more...]
The Best LGBTQI+ Books Coming Out in September
We’d hate to give away the reason Katharina Volckmer’s darkly hilarious debut The Appointment qualifies as a LGBTQI+ book - that’d really take all the fun out of it. From the confines of a Jewish doctor’s office in London, this quick 130-page read dives into the mind of a young … [Read more...]
Watch the Trailer for Outfest’s Closing Night Film ‘Two Eyes’
This Sunday, writer/director Travis Fine’s neo-western ensemble piece Two Eyes makes its world premiere at Outfest. The closing night film stars Kate Bornstein, Ryan Cassata, Nakhane Toure, Benjamin Rigby and will be available to stream … [Read more...]
Fantasia Festival 2020: Midnight Movie Madness
The Montreal-based Fantasia Film Festival, which kicked off last Thursday and concludes on September 2, was forced to go virtual this year - that didn’t stop them from pulling together … [Read more...]
