Fantasia 2020 Review: Noah Huttonโs โLapsisโ
“‘Lapsis’ offers the intriguing and hopeful possibility that our technologically dependent future may not be so bad after all.”
“‘Lapsis’ offers the intriguing and hopeful possibility that our technologically dependent future may not be so bad after all.”
“Even seen without the lens of current events, ‘Alone’ is a harrowing experience that earns its power by being uncomfortably credible.”
“Through aย graceful use of Mozart’s music,ย ‘She Dies Tomorrow’ย urges the audience to question their lives and unavoidable deaths.”
“When ‘Make Up’ reaches the light at the end of its twisted tunnel, its culmination is gratifying and sumptuously-realised.”
“The ideas present are intriguing, however The Rental’s ultimate staying powerย is questionable.”
“Indonesian horror has been gradually finding its feet over the past few years, and ‘Impetigore’ shows that we’ve barely even scratched the surface.”
“Aย haunting study of Grecian prophecies and inherited mental illness, ‘Relic’ makes beasts of the mind.”
“James’ arresting, emotional and attention-grabbing film understands that what’s most frightening is barely glimpsed and feels disarmingly normal.”
“‘The Beach House’ย signals an exciting new star in horror.”
“Moss is nothing short of phenomenal in ‘Shirley,’ filling out her performance with a steady flow of poisonously perfect wisecracks, putdowns and insults…”
“Even though ‘The Psychic’ and ‘The Black Cat’ donโt exist as prominently in the cultural consciousness as ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ and ‘Halloween,’ there is a sense that the Final Girls do exist in the wider world of horror…”
“While ‘Teorema’ and ‘Visitor Q’ share a common DNA, what’s most striking is the way each film uses The Stranger. Both figures bring with them a kind of new order, as if they were missing puzzle pieces for the families that they integrate themselves into.”
“As a genre exercise, ‘Z’ shows promise for what Christensen might do with a higher budget.”
“Taken purely at its basest form, ‘Vivarium’ is a terrifying isolation horror movie that goes for the jugular.”
“Haley Bennettโs central performance is career-best work.”
“It is during the 70s that the disaster filmโs most pure and admirable entries were made, bookended by two significantly different stories involving air travel fiascos.”
“In these increasingly confusing times, taking solace anywhere we can is more important than ever, and itโs impressively weird, intelligent movies like ‘Sea Fever’ that offer such comfort.”
“In Australia, our cinematic art has been trying to shake us from apathy for 50 years.”
“The female gaze is strong in ‘The Other Lamb,’ lovingly capturing Cassidyโs delicate, open features particularly when they begin twisting into something resembling anger…”
“‘The Green Fog’ is another shining example of how easy it can be to disappear in the silver screen labyrinth. These mirrors and rhymes of familiar sights, looks, places, actions and themes form the basis of how we experience narrative filmmaking.”