New Zealand journalist David Farrier is back with another dark documentary that exposes another real-life monster. With Mister Organ, Farrier takes audiences down another wild rabbit hole that must be seen to be believed.
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After receiving an Oscar nomination for his screenplay collaboration on Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person In The World, Eskil Vogt returns with the grounded and gripping supernatural thriller, The Innocents. With steady hands and clear-eyed focus, the film thoughtfully examines the dark fascinations and curiosities of children to surprising and effective ends. One thing’s for sure: the magic of childhood has never been this compelling or terrifying.
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Actor James Ashcroft makes his directorial debut with the solidly gripping, pitch-black thriller Coming Home In The Dark. Boiling with tension and bolstered by a chilling performance from Daniel Gillies, the film takes viewers for a bleak and brutal ride sure to shred a nerve or two.
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Everything in Paul Schrader's life has led him to this moment; all his time spent in the seminary, his adoration (brought on by his brief career in film criticism) for the directors Yasujiro Ozu, Robert Bresson, and Carl Th. Dreyer, as well as his own prolific career as a screenwriter and filmmaker (particularly Taxi Driver and his solitary man films) culminate to a beautiful, albeit ominous head with his stunning modern masterpiece, First Reformed. The film is a thoroughly engrossing slow burn that gives you much to chew on, including its momentous final moments, and it has the potential to quite literally leave you shaken.
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