Thar she blows! Writer/director Neil Ferron creates a wild, weird, and wonderful wave of mermaid mutilation with his short film, Fishmonger. The film had its world premiere at this year’s Fantastic Fest and was even one of the first shorts to be programmed as a part of festival’s Burnt End section, a collection of films that “shatter all traditional borders of taste and convention."
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Ari Aster returns to take audiences on an epically wild and decidedly weird guilt trip with his third feature, Beau Is Afraid. Big, bold, and ballsy, this three-hours long Freudian epic is ostensibly Aster’s very own Magnolia; an expensive, stylish indulgence that finds him wholeheartedly swinging for the fences at the risk of alienating his audience for the sake of art. Results will vary, but it’s a total winner to us.
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Country Gold marks another banger for Oklahoma filmmaker Mickey Reece, who steps out from behind the camera to lead the film alongside Ben Hall. The two go entertainingly head-to-head in this well-cooked, country-fried comedy that thoughtfully contemplates ego, fame, and legacy. This one hits all the right notes, creating a near-perfect blend of poignant, wistful, warm, and tender absurdist-surrealist hilarity that is sure to two-step straight into your heart.
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Writer/director Nathalie Biancheri’s sophomore effort, Wolf, is one strange animal. Although it leads to some nice moments of absurdist comedy, it unfortunately doesn’t have much to say. Its premise opens up the doggy door to an allegory that’s left far too vague to truly satisfy.
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Writer/director James Gunn makes his triumphant return with the absurdly silly and immensely fun summer blockbuster, The Suicide Squad. Working the same magic he did with MCU’s Guardians Of The Galaxy, Gunn gives the DCU a refreshing boost, delivering a fun-filled cinematic experience full of entertaining stupidity, viscera, weirdness, laughs, and heart.
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Director Yorgos Lanthimos brings his idiosyncratic flourishes to the period drama. Slathered in lavish interior, adorned in opulent garb, and streaked with excessive amounts of make up, The Favourite demands to be seen on the big screen
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