A man fears for the life of himself and his son when a cursed monkey doll from his childhood resurfaces in The Monkey. In 1999, Hal Shelburn and his twin brother Bill (Christian Convery) find an organ grinder monkey doll amongst the belongings of their father Petey (Adam Scott). The two brothers discover the hard…
A pretentious 11-year-old goes on a camping trip with her illusionist camper in search of a reclusive panther in Bookworm. Mildred (Nell Fisher) is an 11-year-old New Zealand girl excited to go on a camping trip with her mother Zo (Morgana O’Reilly) to find proof of the mythical Caturbury Panther and collect a $50,000 reward….
A young man has an awkward reunion with his estranged father in Come to Daddy. Norval (Elijah Wood) travels to the middle of nowhere to reunite with his long-estranged father (Stephen McHattie), from whom he has received a letter asking for help. However, things quickly fall off the rails between Norval and his father, the…
The shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock‘s Psycho is broken down and analyzed in 78/52. Created with 78 set-ups and 52 shots, the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho has become one of the most iconic sequences of film history. With its use of quick cuts and suggested nudity and violence, the scene broke many taboos from the time. Multiple individuals,…
This review was originally published as part of my coverage of Hot Docs 2017 The shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock‘s Psycho is broken down and analyzed in 78/52. Created with 78 set-ups and 52 shots, the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho has become one of the most iconic sequences of film history. With its use of quick cuts and…
The shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock‘s Psycho is broken down and analyzed in 78/52. Created with 78 set-ups and 52 shots, the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho has become one of the most iconic sequences of film history. With its use of quick cuts and suggested nudity and violence, the scene broke many taboos from the…
Prepubescent school children get turned into blood-thirsty zombies in the horror-comedy Cooties. Clint Hadson (Elijah Wood) is an aspiring novelist, who has recently returned to his hometown of Ft. Chicken, Illinois, where is gets a job to substitute at the local elementary school. It is there he is reunited with his old crush Lucy McCormick (Alison Pill), while…
From director Nacho Vigalondo (Timecrimes) comes the webcam-based cyber thriller Open Windows. Nick Chambers (Elijah Wood) is the webmaster of a fansite about movie star Jill Goddard (Sasha Grey), who has apparently won a contest to meet her. While waiting in his hotel room, Nick receives a Skype call from a mysterious man named Chord…
