Joe Begos’ gonzo sci-fi horror gets an Argentine spin-off from two of the original’s co-writers.
Passes go on sale for the Toronto After Dark Film Festival’s 19th edition, which will run from October 14th – 18th, plus the addition of an extra venue.
In the time since By Hook or by Crook premiered at the 2001 Frameline Film Festival and established itself as a landmark of queer cinema, the two writer/director/stars behind the film have gone in very different directions. Silas Howard has become one of the most respected television directors of the 21st century, made history as the first trans director to work on Transparent, and continues to make both narrative and documentary films. Harry Dodge became an interdisciplinary artist, whose work earned him a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017, and more recently an author; his 2020 book My Meteorite Or, Without the Random There Can Be No New Thing was a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. Despite their divergent creative paths, the two, who became…
Nathan Stenberg, Mike Attie, and Katarina Poljak directed the documentary.
Daniel Doheny and Dot-Marie Jones star in Alex Goyette’s feature debut.
Bob Rafelson kicks off the American 70s with a searing character study.
French newcomer Marion Le Coroller asserts herself as part of a new generation of New French Extremity, retooling its corporeal shocks into a sharp and gory generational statement.
The way Hollywood is taking shape these days is getting pretty trippy. Only two highlighted trends are in view at the moment: the interminably divisive debate over AI and the two buzziest internet-borne movies taking over modern audiences. Hollywood is confronting its traditional ways of filmmaking, injecting fresh steroids to please the cinegoers. Backrooms and Obsession come from two internet-based filmmakers. Backrooms is brought by Kane Parsons, whose viral horror shorts on YouTube became a sensation within days. A then 16-year-old YouTuber is now the youngest filmmaker ever to make a movie for A24. And of course, the familiarity and nostalgia factors mostly win! Similarly, Obsession is directed by Curry Barker, who is best known for his sketch-comedy YouTube channel. The reason it became an…
Canadian filmmaker Sam Scott’s debut mixes sci-fi, horror and comedy. Justine Nelson, Gwenlyn Cumyn, and Julian Richings star.