Tag: prison
Venice 2023 Review: MALQUERIDAS Exposes Motherhood Incarcerated
Director Tana Gilbert juxtaposes personal moments against the stark reality of prison life in her feature-length debut, shot clandestinely in a prison.
Now Streaming: BLAKE'S 7 Features Rebellion in Space, TIME Passes in Grief and Grim Reality
Two series, new to the BritBox streaming service, consider very different futures.
Toronto 2020 Review: UNDER THE OPEN SKY Showcases Another Exceptional Yakusho Koji Performance
At the midpoint of Under The Open Sky, Mikami Masao, the ex-convict at the heart of the story, observes, “Prison is the one place they do not throw you out for bad behaviour.” After several on again off again prison sentences,...
KRYTONITA Director And Author Reunite For Female Zombie Prison Riot ULTRA / TUMBA
Hands up everyone who enjoys a good prison riot film! Yes? How about a female prison riot film? Yeah? Now what if you throw in zombies? Well, get ready, because that's exactly what Argentina's Nicanor Loreti is cooking up with...
Toronto 2017 Review: BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99, Prestige Grindhouse Moviemaking
Sometimes, you have to smash things to bits before life can get better. But then life only gets better for a while before it gets much, much worse. More smashing is required, some resolution gained. Then, well, hmmm, that seems...
Prison Life Ain't Pretty In Grimy Polish Drama GIT
Prison dramas have a long and rich history in cinema ranging from classic mainstream escape films (The Shawshank Redemption, Escape From Alcatraz) to more gritty indie dramaslike recent critical faves Bronson and Starred Up. And it would appear that Kamil...
Old Guys Can't Hardly Run Fast But Sly And Arnie Have An ESCAPE PLAN
Sylvester Stallone is an escape artist genius paid large sums of money to break out of prisons and expose their weaknesses for future refinement. Arnold Schwarzenegger is an old guy stuck in an escape proof jail. Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson...
Now On Blu-ray: Scream Factory Knocks 'Em Dead With DEADLY BLESSING, PRISON, THE NEST, TERRORVISION/THE VIDEO DEAD
It's only been about six months, but Scream Factory have made a serious impression on genre film fans with their impressive line up of high quality Blu-ray releases. Starting with Halloween II & III, the company has grabbed numerous films...
