Still the greatest film of the 21st century. Still needs to be seen on the biggest screen possible. The new 4k restoration is incredible.
RIP David Lynch.
2nd cinema trip to watch this. My first was at Grimmfest 2024, where Peg O' My Heart was my favourite film of the festival. Since then i've been hoping for a wider release, and we finally get one.
A fantastic horror drama set largely within the landscape of dreams, using dream logic and nightmare mechanics in a way I've not seen done before. A fantastic concept, executed perfectly.
A flawless film.
Bloody. Hell.
You know when a film comes out of nowhere and just blindsides you? That oh so rare movie that taps into your most strongly held beliefs, your utmost desires, or your deepest, darkest fears?
In 2020, Vivarium is that film for me. It might also be for others, given what most of the free world is living through at the moment.
It is an absurd, kafkaesque, surreal nightmare. It deals with the rigours of mundanity, the horror of…
MURDER DEATH KOREATOWN is almost a masterpiece of the genre.
Almost.
This tale of a man who first becomes intrigued, later infatuated, later obsessed with a murder that happened close to his apartment does what very few found footage movies manage to do. It feels REAL. Almost too real. For about forty five minutes, it felt like another The Blair Witch Project - a wholly original story told in a wholly original style, with very convincing 'actors' (still not certain…