Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business - Fantasia 2020 Documentary Review

The Documentary: Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business

The Director: Justin McConnell

The Story: Following five years in the life and career of an independent filmmaker, supported by dozens of interviews, posing one question: how does an indie filmmaker survive in the current film business?

La Llorona - Movie Review

The Movie: La Llorona

The Director: Jayro Bustamante

The Cast: María Mercedes Coroy, Margarita Kenefic, Sabrina de la Hoz, Julio Diaz

The Story: An aging paranoid dictator, protected by a witch crafting wife, faces death and the uprising of his people in Guatemala.

TwoOhSix Picks - 2020 Fantasia International Film Festival

The 2020 Fantasia International Film Festival Virtual Edition kicks off on August 20th and runs through September 2nd with what I am calling the coolest collection of movies I have seen since, well since the 2019 Fantasia International Film Festival! After scouring the roster of movies that will be virtually screening exclusively to audiences in Canada this year, I have come up with my picks for the ones you do not want to miss.

Sputnik - Movie Review

The Movie: Sputnik

The Director: Egor Abramenko

The Cast: Oksana Akinshina, Fedor Bondarchuk, Pyotr Fyodorov

The Story: The lone survivor of an enigmatic spaceship incident hasn't returned back home alone-hiding inside his body is a dangerous creature.

Boys State - Documentary Review

The Movie: Boys State

The Directors: Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss

The Story: A thousand 17-year-old boys from Texas join together to build a representative government from the ground up.