After establishing himself in the television landscape with Netflix’s haunting crime series The Valhalla Murders, Icelandic filmmaker Thordur Palsson ventures into feature territory with The Damned, a gripping period horror that proves his masterful command of tension extends far beyond the procedural format. […]

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Multi-hyphenate artist Zia Anger is haunted by an abandoned feature film in her feature directorial debut, My First Film. Also known for her music video directing and performance art, Anger combines memories of her experiences from that unrealized project with […]

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The film Mothering Sunday (which I reviewed out of the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival), an adaptation of Graham Swift’s eponymous 2016 novel, follows the journey of protagonist Jane Fairchild from housemaid to celebrated author over the course of the 20th […]

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