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SIFF’s midnight screenings comprise some of my favorite experiences in a movie theater (usually The Egyptian) over the last two decades. That made looking at the 2021 Fest’s crop of WTF (Weird! Terrifying! Fantastic!) entries a bit of a bittersweet experience.
Expect some goofy, cheap genre fast food fun, served up with a smidge of polish and not much else, and you won’t be disappointed.
Martha: A Picture Story (2019 | Australia | 82 minutes | Selina Miles) Everyone’s a photographer now. And thanks to our cell …
The Mimic (2021 | USA | 82 minutes | Thomas F. Mazziotti) The Mimic doesn’t feel very much like a modern movie, …
I Blame Society (2021 | USA | 85 minutes | Gillian Wallace Horvat) Dark times tend to give birth to dark comedies. …
Sator (2020 | USA | 86 minutes | Jordan Graham) Mark Twain offered one of the most cogent pieces of advice on creating …
Hunted (2020 | Belgium | 87 minutes | Vincent Paronnaud) Hunted, a brand-new thriller debuting on Shudder today, takes what could’ve been …
Like most of you reading this, I spent a lot of 2020 sequestered in my place, watching movies. And while I didn’t …
Anything for Jackson (2020 | Canada | 97 minutes | Justin G. Dyck) Anything for Jackson begins with the most picturesque of …
I’ve been following the Romanian Film Festival for several years now, happily. It’s easily been one of the most worthwhile film fests …
