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We Summon the Darkness, Hunter Hunter features a seemingly simple premise gone straight to Hell. And it’s a slow and painful journey. Devon Sawa ( Idle Hands) stars as a husband and father hunting a wolf in the woods. Simple, right? And, man, I thought I had this movie pegged from the get-go. But boy, was I wrong. I think what makes the movie so effective is we keep waiting for a major twist ending. And it never comes. Only the final realization this wasn’t a magic trick. Just a good old fashion nightmare. Monsters and all. Strong turns by Camille Sullivan, Summer H. Howell, and Nick Sta...

The official synopsis for Censor reads: "Britain, 1985. When film censor Enid discovers an eerie horror that speaks directly to her sister's mysterious disappearance, she resolves to unravel the puzzle behind the film and its enigmatic director – a quest that will blur the lines between fiction and reality in terrifying ways. "Steeped in glorious 1980s aesthetics, Censor is a bloody love letter to the VHS 'video nasty' horror classics of the past." Alongside Algar, the film also stars Michael Smiley ( Jawbone, Kill List), Vincent Franklin ( Gentleman Jack, Bodyguard), Nicholas Burns ( Gh...

A first-look image has been released of Welsh director Prano Bailey-Bond’s Sundance 2021 Official Selection CENSOR, which stars multiple-IFTA-winning actor Niamh Algar as the film’s lead Enid, and will open the Festival’s Midnight strand. CENSOR is set in Britain in 1985. When film censor Enid discovers an eerie horror that speaks directly to her sister’s mysterious disappearance, she resolves to unravel the puzzle behind the film and its enigmatic director – a quest that will blur the lines between fiction and reality in terrifying ways. Steeped in glorious 1980s aesthetics, the f...

'Passing' The indie film showcase's pandemic-era program also has directorial debuts by Jerrod Carmichael, Pascual Sisto and Questlove with his Black Woodstock documentary. As Sundance director Tabitha Jackson's reign at the indie film festival gets well underway, the marquee indie U.S. film showcase has gone mostly online with a pandemic-era discovery lineup filled with work by women and BIPOC directors and more than half the 2021 program shot by first-time helmers. For Jackson, the focus on debut feature directors underlines how, despite the COVID-19 crisis pausing film production in Hollyw...

Together Together starring Ed Helms are among 72 features selected for 2021 Sundance Film Festival, which runs online and in select US arthouse venues from January 28-February 3. The line-up, announced on Tuesday (December 15), includes One For The Road, Thai filmmaker Baz Poonpiriya’s follow-up to Bad Genius; Edgar Wright’s music documentary The Sparks Brothers Land; Ben Wheatley’s virus horror In The Earth; The Roots drummer Questlove’s documentary Summer Of Soul; and Kevin Macdonald’s Special Screenings selection Life In A Day 2020. A features roster representing 29 countr...