"The key to any good mystery or horror film is a sense of suspense, so of course that holds doubly true for a horror plot that hinges on a mystery. The key is to carefully tease out information to the audience so that they can get an inkling of what the inevitable big narrative twist is going to be, yet keeping enough information off the table that they aren’t quite able to figure it out. Desolation comes pretty dang close…
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Den of Thieves 2018
"The bank robbery/heist movie has been made, broken down, and rebuilt about as many times as you could count. Den of Thieves believes it has something to add to the proceedings with its crass tale of brotherhood among thugs and dirty cops. Take a crack at its vulgar veneer and you’ll find something without an identity, incredibly hollow and constructed by years of genre tropes. Despite it being overall well-acted, director Christian Gudegast’s first feature is a trite and overlong…
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Django 2017
"The thing about Django is that it’s a movie you’ve seen before. Maybe not about this specific person, and maybe not with these exact plot points, but you’ve seen a million World War II biopics about civilians bravely engaging in acts of defiance against their Nazi oppressors. And there’s nothing wrong with that, particularly now when fascism is feeling less and less like a remnant of a disturbing past. However, for the sake of a film’s artistry, there needs to…
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Gold Star 2016
"There’s something that can be refreshing about small-scale productions. Whether for artistic or budgetary reasons, scaling back and focusing on one character in a specific circumstance can be just as impactful as operatic machinations. This is what Victoria Negri has tried to accomplish in her directorial debut, Gold Star, and the result is sweet, heartbreaking, and self-contained while retaining a disposition open to possibilities." - Review by Leigh Monson
Read the full review: substreammagazine.com/2017/11/gold-star-review/
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