Brandon Cronenberg is no stranger to a bloody mess. As the director of?Antiviral?and son of one of the pioneers of body horror films, Cronenberg is more than comfortable wading through rivers of blood in order to investigate deeper ideas about the human experience. As visceral as it is mesmerizing, Cronenberg’s latest film,?Possessor, is another violent…
When does a house cease being a home? This question lies at the heart of?The Nest, a powerful and unflinching look at the emotional termites that can eat away at the foundations of a marriage. Written and directed by Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene),?The Nest?follows Rory (Jude Law) and Allison (Carrie Coon), married parents…
?What hurts my brother or sister hurts me.? Simple and powerful, that phrase provides the foundation of the educational environment at St. Benedict?s Preparatory School in Newark, New Jersey. Led by Father Ed Leahy, St. Benedict?s is structured around its foundational belief in community and mutual accountability. As the subject of the new documentary series, Benedict Men,…
It?s always hard to navigate family relationships? but when our home life collides with the work world, things can become even murkier. This tension between the professional and domestic worlds is the basis of David, the new short film written and directed by Zach Woods. Best known for his work on comedies such as Silicon…
While all sports have their passionate diehards, Jack Mulhern knows there?s something special about hockey fans. Whether their home team has just won the Stanley Cup or if they?ve gone over 50 years without winning it all (sigh, sorry Leafs), hockey seems to connect deeply with the soul of its fans in ways that other…
The political world is filled with men and women who both seek power for the sake of serve and help others or, more negatively, out of a need to self-validate by winning. Pending on the candidate?s goals and intentions, they can prove themselves to be agents for positive change or simply succumb to the immaturity…
French director Julius Berg’s directorial debut provides a cinematic translation of the graphic novel Une nuit de pleine lune by Hermann and Yves H. Starring Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams, the film follows three would-be thieves as they case the home of an elderly couple, who prove to be more dangerous (and more intelligent) than…
As a comedy veteran himself, Clement knows what?s funny. Having worked on such hilarious projects as What We Do in the Shadows, MIB:3 and, of course, Flight of the Concords, Clement argues that the best comedies of today are those that commit to their worldviews. ?At the moment, I feel like [great comedy is] believing what you say,” he…
It doesn?t matter how old you are. Everyone is looking for hope. Written and directed by 13-year-old Kalia Love Jones, The Power of Hopeis an animated short that tells the inspirational story of a young woman who has big dreams of becoming an architect. When her mother becomes ill, she feels overwhelmed and helpless. However, after hearing…
Who knew that this summer?s greatest superhero story would be David Arquette? Seriously, I didn?t see it coming. The new doc, You Can?t Kill David Arquette, reintroduces Arquette himself as a man burdened by the past. Back in 2000, with his wrestling comedy Ready to Rumble about to come out, Arquette was invited to participate in a brief…
