Deadstream (2022)

When the hapless Shawn (Joseph Winter) lets out a squeal at the sight of a shape in the woods, I knew I was into Deadstream (2022). A disgraced streamer known for his pranks and stunts, Shawn endeavours after a six-month internet ban to reclaim his followers and satisfy corporate sponsorship by spending one night in […]

The Woman Who Ran (2020)

I’ve not seen any of South Korean filmmaker Hong Sang-soo’s work – he’s made like over twenty moderately budgeted movies – before The Woman Who Ran (2020), which appealed to me because it was available on SBS On Demand and it was only 77 minutes long. The first thing I can say: zooms. A camera […]

C’mon C’mon (2021)

I’m a Mike Mills guy. I wasn’t so much into Thumbsucker, but I became a fan through his autobiographical-inflected indie dramas like Beginners (based on his father) and especially 20th Century Women (based on his mother). I’m completely aware that some will dismiss Mills’ humanistic writing and design approach (complete with elegantly designed montages and […]

Zeros And Ones (2021)

I wonder what viewers not familiar with director Abel Ferrara’s work would make of Zeros And Ones (2021). “From the director of King Of New York and Bad Lieutenant” is advertised in marketing and trailers, but this film has more in common with his later works like New Rose Hotel, Mary and 4:44 Last Day […]

Project Space 13 (2021)

“You’re like art defenders… you ever see that movie, Monuments Men?” While I didn’t like George Clooney’s WWII drama, I did love it being referenced in the film, Project Space 13 (2021), spoken by an artist character named Nate (Keith Poulson) who is describing how he views the two heavily armed private security guards, Ace […]