The Blood in the Snow Film Festival just announced the line-up for their 2024 edition. This year’s festival will include 7 features, 1 short film anthology, and 5 short film programs. As I have previously seen three of the features at the 2024 Fantasia Film Festival, I will explain why I should consider seeing them…
Yorgos Lanthimos directs a triptych fable in Kinds of Kindness. In The Death of R.M.F., Robert (Jesse Plemons) refuses to do a task for his friend and benefactor Raymond (Willem Dafoe) and his wife Vivian (Margaret Qualley). This results in Raymond cutting off Robert, resulting in his life falling apart, including losing his wife Sarah…
Six stories based on Blackfoot urban legends are told in Tales from the Rez. Elder Uncle Randolf (Charles Duck Chief) introduces a series of chilling tales based around the Blackfoot reservation. In “Queen’s Hotel,” recovered alcoholic Eddie (Eugene Brave Rock) tries to save the soul of his brother Jacob (Shane Ghostkeeper) from a dark cowboy…
Six stories detail the violence and chaos in Seoul in New Normal. In Chapter 1: M, Hyun-jung (Choi Ji-woo) has to deal with an invasive inspector. In Chapter 2: Do the Right Thing, a boy helps a wheelchair-bound woman get home. In Chapter 3: Dressed to Kill, Hyun-su (Lee Yu-mi) is on an online date…
A lonely scholar uncovers a Djinn who proceeds to tell her his life story in Three Thousand Years of Longing. Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is a British scholar content with her isolated lifestyle, though she occasionally finds herself plagued by visions of fantastical beings. While in Istanbul, giving a lecture, Alithea purchases a glass bottle…
