Posts Tagged ‘Festival’

MIFF Report #2: Deerskin, The Day Shall Come, Pain and Glory, Buñuel in the Labyri...

October 2, 2019

In our second report from the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) 2019, we’ll be taking a look at some of the most hotly anticipated features on show. Just like in our first report, we have a real mixed bag from all across the world. Not only are there the new films from British cult comedy […]

by Matthew Singleton

MIFF Report #1 – Les Misérables, The Souvenir, Sword of Trust, Ghost Tropic

September 2, 2019

In our first report from Melbourne's International Film Festival (MIFF), we take a look at Les Miserables (2019), The Souvenir, Sword of Truth and Ghost Tropic.

by Matthew Singleton

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FrightFest Presents: Lifechanger

March 6, 2019

An unconventional romance living in the body of a horror, Lifechanger is a sombre, blood-splattered story of self discovery and doomed love.

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by Sean Burton

Mayhem Film Festival: Heartless – Short Film interview with Kevin Sluder

October 27, 2018

During the annual short film showcase at Mayhem Film Festival this year, the wide display of upcoming talent struck me. One of the most memorable and entertaining was Kevin Sluder's Heartless: a modern-day retelling of Edgar Allen Poe's classic story The Tell-Tale Heart. Here at Review Avenue, we were lucky enough to interview said director.

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by Oliver Woodings

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Mayhem Film Festival: Prospect

October 22, 2018

Prospect is an intelligent slow burn story of survival and redemption. It mixes familiar aspects of Westerns and Science Fiction to create a world where you can imagine hundreds of stories taking place. Its mythology is enticing, but thankfully the film itself is compact and entertaining.

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by Oliver Woodings

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Mayhem Film Festival: Nightshooters

October 18, 2018

Nightshooters never crumbles under the weight of my complaints. It's a low budget picture with big ambitions, one that's thoroughly entertaining and a true showcase of a growing filmmaker.

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by Oliver Woodings

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Mayhem Film Festival: Mandy

October 17, 2018

I think the hosts of Mayhem Film Festival described Mandy best. Imagine David Lynch taking a ludicrous amount of drugs, teaming up with Nic Cage and trying to make John Wick. That's Mandy.

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by Oliver Woodings

Mayhem Film Festival: Sunday Roundup

October 15, 2018

Sunday marked the final day of this year’s Mayhem Film Festival in Nottingham. On offer were five frightful films, of which I saw three: the UK premiere of Japanese superhero flick Inuyashiki, folktale horror anthology The Field Guide to Evil, and delicate chiller The Witch in the Window. Unfortunately, Cross Country rail services dictated that I had […]

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by Oliver Woodings

Mayhem Film Festival: Saturday Roundup

October 15, 2018

An overview of what we caught on the third day of Nottingham's Mayhem Festival including sci-fi Prospect and zombie comedy One Cut of the Dead.

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by Oliver Woodings

End of the line!