SXSW 2021 Review: Nature Is Not Your Friend In “GAIA” By DEIRDRE CRIMMINS Starring Monique Rockman, Carel Nel, and Alex van DykWritten by Tertius KappDirected by Jaco Bouwer Nature horror films will always have plenty of material to use for scares, because...
Writer/Directors Chris Bavota and Lee Paula Springer Discuss Laughing Through Trauma In “DEAD DICKS” By DEIRDRE CRIMMINS Though Chris Bavota and Lee Paula Springer could not have foreseen it, making a film about a depressed person who spends all of his...
Zach Kuperstein On The Evocative Visuals Of “The Vigil” and The Joys of Making You Scream By DEIRDRE CRIMMINS Taking place in a single location over a twelve-hour period with one central actor, THE VIGIL was primed to be a challenge for any filmmaker....
Director Will Wernick on “Safer At Home” And Making Movies During Quarantine By DEIRDRE CRIMMINS Two years into the pandemic, a group of friends throw an online party with a night of games, drinking and drugs. After taking an ecstasy pill, things go...
Director Natasha Kermani On Balancing Humor and Horror in “LUCKY” By DEIRDRE CRIMMINS Soon after its world premiere at the virtual Fantasia International Film Festival last August, critics were invited to a virtual sit-down with director Natasha Kermani to...
