Good psychological horror/thrillers should start from a sparse and visibly tense scenario. Jennifer Raite and Chris Cullari’s get that right in their directorial debut The Aviary (2022). We see two women Jillian…
Tag: Cult
Documentaries about Cults: The phenomenon of cults is an intriguing subject in our modern capitalist society. When do the movements that purport to search for love, peace, and happiness gets infested by…
For the first hour or so, “Apostle” appears to be slow, meandering & headed nowhere. Gareth Evans takes too long to acquaint the viewers with the fundamentals of his fable’s period setting…
Ever since the investigative journalism podcast ‘Serial’ gained prominence, the limited true-crime documentary series has boomed exponentially. From ‘The Jinx’, ‘Making a Murderer’ to ‘O.J. Made in America’ (won an Oscar)…
The Comedy and Entertainment are two of the most intriguing, most thoughtful, and yet even most strange things to come from either Tim Heidecker or Eric Wareheim after the end of Awesome Show, Great Job!, and hopefully both films will soon accumulate the cult statuses they deserve as depressingly quirky indie films that comment on the vapidness and boredom of ordinary modern day life for ordinary folks.
