Tag: paranoia
Fantasia 2023 Review: HOME INVASION, On the Tyranny of Technology and Surveillance
Greame Arnfield really, really does not like the Ring. No, not the infamous J-Horror film (or its American remake) but rather the video doorbell company that turned the humble little button that goes ding-dong into the “smart doorbell,” a cloud connected...
Fantasia 2022 Review: WE MIGHT AS WELL BE DEAD, With Neighbors Like These
In the not too distant future, the outside world is a profoundly unsafe place. It is more broken, more threatening that it is today. Note that things can always be worse. A family tensely walks through the woods, with frightened...
Fantasia 2022 Review: ONE AND FOUR, Chilly and Paranoid and Uneven
Cabin fever and paranoia collide in this frigid whodunnit set in the wintery Tibet woods. Sanggye, the lone forest Ranger in the region, wakes up one morning with ice on his breath, and booze still in his veins. He glances...
TIFF 2013 Review: NIGHT MOVES is a Tense Showcase of Guilt and Paranoia
When purchasing a used boat for an act of extreme vandalism, the young activist, quips that she chose the one named "Night Moves" because it was better in her mind than "Sea Breeze" or "Heart's Ease." I tend to pay...
Hey, NYC! Win Tix To See Harrison Ford In PARANOIA
It's been a good two decades since we saw this much Harrison Ford on the big screen, so whatever the quality of the overall film at hand, it is somewhat nice to see whom many of us would cite as...