Editorials

You are the Film marks the debut of prolific Japanese writer Makoto Ueda, perhaps best known for writing the delightful time loop duo of Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2020) and River (2023). And what a debut it is. A brain-scrambling, deeply inventive delight that makes the two timey-wimey works seem positively straightforward by comparison, more magical realist than sci-fi fantasy. At the film’s core are a pair of struggling creatives, playwright Maoka (a delightful Mari

Rihito Itagaki as Shota J-Horror legend Takashi Shimizu (Ju-On) returns with supernatural curse thriller The Mouths which has its North American premiere at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival. Packed with long-haired ghost ladies, mystery curses seeking to be unravelled, and creepy atmospheric set pieces, The Mouths follows a group of college friends who, after visiting a cursed tree, begin to experience haunting phenomena. Shota (Rihito Itagaki), encourages a g

The Babadook (2014) - Directed By Jennifer Kent The 2014 Australian psychological horror The Babadook centres around widowed Amelia...