Butt Boy

Butt Boy is what happens if someone takes a Chuck Tingle story and films it like a gritty cop drama. A man with a portal in his ass is abducting kids and sticking them up there. Hot on his trail is a jaded, hard-bitten cop, and they play a game of cat-and-mouse throughout the movie.…

Saint Maud

A sensational film about religious frenzy. A nurse sets out to save the soul of her dying patient. Jennifer Ehle is wonderful as the patient, and Morfydd Clark is extraordinary as Maud. Reminiscent of something like The Witch, this focuses on the ecstatics of devotion. A psychological horror with an unreliable narrator, Maud’s perspective on…

The Mortuary Collection

The Mortuary Collection is a horror anthology, with 4 short stories told by the undertaker to a prospective new recruit. Clanchy Brown plays a Tall Man-type character, a looming Lurch with a gorgeously ominous voice. Side bar: How old is Clancy Brown now? Coz I would still ride him til my fanny got scorch marks.…

The Garden Left Behind

Ok, so this is another movie about trans women that obviously has good intentions. All trans characters are played by trans actors. It shows trans activism and resistance to trans oppression. That being said, this is another film that shows being trans as the single defining problem of the main character. Tina is a Latina…

Machine

It’s not often you see a documentary about emergent technology and come away feeling comforted. One of my old uni lecturers said, “I’m not really worried about AI. Because all a computer can do is add 2 numbers, subtract 2 numbers, multiply and divide 2 numbers, and decide which one is larger or smaller.” That…

Song Without A Name

Song Without A Name is based on real events where poor Native Amerindian women had their newborn children illegally adopted without their knowledge or consent. Even when the struggle to bring those to justice is finally over, the attitude prevails that these kids are probably better off with the rich whites that have adopted them…