Shortly after delivering a patient to an understaffed hospital, a police officer experiences strange and violent occurrences seemingly linked to a group of mysterious hooded figures. Part Lovecraft, part Carpenter, part Fulci, part Romero, The Void wears its influences on its sleeve while simultaneously moving past homage into a nightmare construction of the unknowability —… Read more »
Tag: Canadian cinema
Sorrows of the Family: Brother
Still from Brother Noni Ford discusses the role of grief in the Canadian drama Brother and the brutality found in the characters’ everyday lives. How do we remember those we love? How does a family move on after the loss of a member? And how do we address the trauma of our past when it’s… Read more »
International Art House Series presents: Skinamarink (2022)
Two children awaken in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all of the windows and doors in their home have vanished. Kyle Edward Ball’s debut feature has the internet buzzing, being hailed as a generation-defining horror film and resulting in sold-out shows and passionately polarizing reviews from critics and… Read more »
Not-Quite Midnights presents: Possessor (2020)
From the visionary mind of writer/director Brandon Cronenberg (yes, son of David and, as Film School Rejects quipped, “a bloodied and bruised chip of flesh off the ol’ body horror block”), Possessor is about an elite corporate assassin (Andrea Riseborough) who uses brain-implant technology to take over other people’s bodies in order to execute high-profile… Read more »
Haitian Connections
Guest post by Vivian Nun Halloran, associate professor of English and American Studies. In celebrating the visual adaptations of the fictional works of Haitian-born, Quebec-based journalist, novelist, and screenwriter Dany Laferrière through a three-film festival, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies sets out to deepen our collective appreciation of the imaginative richness and political… Read more »