Paterson, 2016 Directed by Jim Jarmusch Starring Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani SYNOPSIS: Over 8 days, we follow the routines of bus driver and poet Paterson, who shares his name with the town he lives in. Adam Driver plays Paterson, a young, shy and retiring ex-serviceman and bus driver, living with his far more extrovert wife […]
Movie Review – We Are The Flesh (2016)
We Are The Flesh, 2016. Directed by Emiliano Rocha Minter. Starring Noe Hernandez, Maria Evoli and Diego Gamaliel. SYNOPSIS: After wandering a ruined city for years in search of food and shelter, two siblings find their way into one of the last remaining buildings. Inside, they find a man who will make them a dangerous […]
Movie Review – La La Land (2016)
La La Land, 2016. Directed by Damien Chazelle Starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt, Finn Whitrock, and J.K. Simmons. SYNOPSIS: Dreams are chased and love is found in Damien Chazelle’s ode to Hollywood musicals and celluloid magic. On paper, La La Land, reads like it’s going to be my favourite movie of […]
Interview with Simon Barrett, screenwriter of Blair Witch
Flickering Myth’s Mark Bartlett chats with screenwriter Simon Barrett about Blair Witch… Director Adam Wingard’s surprise sequel Blair Witch is terrifying and something of a rebirth for the found footage format. It’s a welcome surprise and an excellent continuation of the lore established in the original Blair Witch Project. In this interview, writer Simon Barrett […]
Movie Review – Blair Witch (2016)
Blair Witch, 2016. Directed by Adam Wingard. Starring James Allen McCune, Valorie Curry, Callie Hernandez, Brandon Scott, Wes Robinson and Corbin Reid. SYNOPSIS: A group of college students venture into the Black Hills Forest in Maryland to unravel the mystery of the legendary Blair Witch. When Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez’s micro-budget 1999 shocker The […]
Second Opinion – Don’t Breathe (2016)
Don’t Breathe, 2016. Directed by Fede Alvarez. Starring Jane Levy, Stephen Lang, Dylan Minnette and Daniel Zovatto. SYNOPSIS: Rocky, her brash boyfriend Money and their quieter, more level-headed friend Alex, desperately want to start a new life away from their own dysfunctional families. Rocky in particular feels an urgency to rescue her younger child sister […]
Movie Review – She Who Must Burn (2015)
She Who Must Burn, 2015. Directed by Larry Kent. Starring Sarah Smyth, Shane Twerdun, Missy Cross, James Wilson and Jim Francis. SYNOPSIS: Angela (Sarah Smyth) sets up her own home medical clinic, after her previous Planned Parenthood doctor colleague was shot to death by anti-abortion protester Abraham Baarker (James Wilson). This puts her directly in […]
Movie Review – Beta Test (2015)
Beta Test, 2015. Directed by Nicholas Gyeney. Starring Larenz Tate, Manu Bennett, Linden Ashby, and Yuji Okumoto SYNOPSIS: Super-gamer Max Troy (Larenz Tate) is beta testing what’s promised to be a fully immersive interactive experience by Sentinel Entertainment. He quickly discovers that his in-game actions are being mirrored in the real world by the […]
