Review: Hochet and Pastor Turn Character-Centric Found Footage On It’s Head In ‘Stéphane’
Cleverly dropping viewers into the film within the film, Timothée Hochet and Lucas Pastor’s debut feature Stéphane opens mid-scene as an up and coming director named Timothée (Bastien Garcia delivering a perfectly nuanced debut feature performance) shoots his latest action-packed, espionage short. He and his actors are interrupted by a peculiar man named Stéphane (Lucas Pastor himself, unrecognizable under makeup) …
Right from the opening scene of Gavin Fields’ noir-laced period drama Brutal Season, viewers are let in on the fact that this …
A superbly edited travel montage doubling as an opening credits sequence stylishly opens John Ainslie’s sophomore feature film Do Not Disturb, as …
Christian Schultz’ debut narrative feature Presence takes a fairly standard plot of a haunting/possession, places it on a yacht, and adds a …
Rather strangely, truffles (the fungus, not the chocolate) have become hot fodder for independent films as of late due to the existence …
The idea of a social media influencer has taken off greatly within the last couple decades but it’s never been at more …
Scott Slone’s decade-plus-long endeavor Malibu Horror Story opens by revealing a team of young paranormal researchers in a remote Malibu Canyon cave …
“This is the kind of place that will make you feel uncomfortable, I can promise you that.” is how we are introduced …
After the words “The following actually happened. My dad asked me to tell you it didn’t.” flash across the screen viewers get …
When a research scientist makes national headlines by seemingly proving the existence of an afterlife and opening a facility that facilitates the …
The short films at Chattanooga Film Festival this year were brilliant and took up much of my time. They boasted such an …
Hello children, today’s lesson is “movie review”. As a parent of a toddler, I have seen my share of children’s television shows. …
Recently I sat down with Bryan Connolly (director, co-producer, co-editor, “kinda writer”) and John Gholson (lead actor) of ‘Make Popular Movies’ – …