White Guilt first published by Dirty Movies, for its world première at Raindance 2025 A group of eleven young white millennials, all strangers, travel together on a coach, their eerie silence strictly enforced by Adam (David Ajayi), a black man sitting at the front in dark glasses and military fatigues. One of the travellers, Timothy…
Thinestra first published by Dirty Movies, for its world première at Raindance 2025 Nathan Hertz’s Thinestra begins with a nightmare. Cinematographer Joe Wesley’s camera spins on a queasy vertical axis as everyone at a high energy spin class is cycling away enthusiastically, save for one woman who flails and flags, and who obviously, despite the…
Snatchers first published by Dirty Movies, for its world première at Raindance Film Festival 2025 “Are you good, Mac?”, asks Jason Fettes (Justin Hosking), in what are the first words uttered in Craig Alexander and Shelly Higgs’ feature debut Snatchers. Wolfe ‘Mac’ MacFarlane (co-director Alexander) is not so sure. After all, he is about to…
Row first published by Dirty Movies, for its world première at Raindance Film Festival 2025 The title of Matthew Losasso’s Row comes with a double meaning. On the one hand it describes the activity in which Megan Taylor (Bella Dayne), Lexi Townsend (Sophie Skelton), Daniel King (Akshay Khanna) and Mike Regelio (Nick Skaugen) are engaged…
Saturnalia first published by Dirty Movies, for its world première at Raindance Film Festival 2025 Time strictly dominates the élite Alstroemerias Academy in the Virginian backwoods where recently orphaned teen Miriam Basconi (Sophia Anthony) has just been sent. For here, as senior pupil Holden Sax (Dante Blake) informs Miriam upon her arrival, “the clock is…
The Invisible Half first published by Dirty Movies, timed with its world première at Raindance Film Festival 2025 Masaki Nishiyama’s feature debut The Invisible Half opens with the sound of slowly approaching footsteps, and a dark and blurry low-angle POV shot of a shuffling figure in bandages looking down upon Elena Takahashi (Lisa Siera) as…
Loner first published by DMovies.org, timed with its world première at Raindance Film Festival 2025 “This by the way, for anyone under the age of 18, is called a map,” says Angus Mattock (Charlie Robb) near the beginning of Loner, which Robb wrote and co-directed with Douglas Tawn. “It’s made of paper.” It is an…
Embers (aka Experience) first published by DMovies.org, timed with its screening at Raindance Film Festival 2023 Christian Cooke’s feature debut Embers (aka Experience) begins with Amy (Ruth Bradley) standing contemplatively before a lake. We then see her undressing at home and getting into the shower. A shadowy figure walks past, and for a brief moment…
JAPAN’S SUN RISES OVER THE RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2014 first published by FilmLand Empire Includes reviews of: Fuku-chan of FukuFuku Flats; The Lust Of Angels; Buy Bling, Get One Free!; Touching The Skin of Eeriness; And The Mud Ship Sails Away The Sundance Film Festival, America’s mecca of indie cinema, was never so-called for taking place in sunny times….