In this review, we celebrate both the Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival and the kickoff of The Farsighted’s second annual 31 Days of Halloween. Like many others, we celebrate all month long, but rather than the standard “31 Days of Horror” we cover all types of Halloween goodness, from the goofy family fun of movies like…
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PUFF 2017: Day 3 – Real Frights and Gaslights
We do this just for you. Listen PUFF, I know that’s not true, but goddamn do you make it feel like it’s true. Day 3 of Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival was jam packed, not just with movies, but a crowd that hung around all day. And boy were you rewarded if you did – the…
FANTASIA 2017: A Brief Look at Glass Eye’s MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND
There’s no denying that female directors are making a name for themselves as of late, and quite frankly it’s absolutely beautiful to see. If there’s anyone that deserves major credit, it’s Ana Asensio. Not only is Most Beautiful Island a powerhouse of a directorial debut, but Ana also produced, wrote, and starred in this 80…
Splatter Matters: The Ladies of SHE-DEVILS ON WHEELS Turn the Tides on HGL’s Formula of Bloodthirsty Men and Victimized Women
“Sex! Guts! Blood! And all men are mothers!” – the rally cry of The Man-Eaters
Over at FGBFF, We’re DYING OF LAUGHTER: A Short Film Block Highlight Reel
A Tricky Treat (USA/Canada, 2015) Dir. Patricia Chica I first saw Patricia Chica’s delightfully macabre short A Tricky Treat back in 2015, when it was going by the title Ripe N’ Bloody in a slightly truncated version for the 2015 Women In Horror Blood Drive PSA. I say slightly truncated, because even in its full…
St. Vincent Oozes Talent and Promise in Her Directorial Debut
Magnolia announced a few years ago that they were releasing an anthology film under the title of XX. This lineup was quite different from what we received, but I was a little nonplussed by that original announcement. Not that it was a film only made by women, but it was the women they picked. People…
Who You Gonna Call?
Listen to my full discussion with my partner-in-crime, Dan Scully, on my podcast, I Like To Movie Movie. I had so much fun with Ghostbusters, I just had to see it again, and this time in multiple dimensions (puns!). There’s a good chance you’re reading this and don’t already know this about me – I…