Posts By Anton Bitel
VOD film review: The Show
October 18, 2021 | Anton Bitel
Mitch Jenkins’ rip-roaring comic revenge mystery mixes the cosmic and the mundane to dizzyingly entertaining effect.Read More
Shudder UK film review: The Medium
October 17, 2021 | Anton Bitel
Putting the sham in shamanism, Banjong Pisanthanakun’s terrifying mockumentary makes the medium the message.
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LFF 2021 film review: Benedetta
October 16, 2021 | Anton Bitel
Spiritual quest for the divine, or softcore salaciousness? Paul Verhoeven’s knowing nunsploitation flick lets you decide.Read More
VOD film review: In the Earth
October 14, 2021 | Anton Bitel
Ben Wheatley returns to his horror roots with this unnerving, apocalyptic woodland freakout.Read More
LFF 2021 film review: Boiling Point
October 11, 2021 | Anton Bitel
Philip Barantini’s kitchen sink drama is a single-take, real-time tour de force of heated tension.
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VOD film review: Bad Candy
October 4, 2021 | Anton Bitel
In Scott B Hansen & Desiree Connell’s hilarious Halloween anthology, two DJs conjure a paradoxical world of small-town myth that bites back.Read More
VOD film review: Hail to the Deadites
September 27, 2021 | Anton Bitel
Steve Villeneuve’s reflexive documentary on Evil Dead fandom at times feels too close to its subjects.Read More
VOD film review: Prisoners of the Ghostland
September 17, 2021 | Anton Bitel
Sion Sono’s first English-language film is a mash-up of oater, chanbara and post-apocalyptic action, starring Nicolas Cage.Read More
VOD film review: No Man of God
September 13, 2021 | Anton Bitel
Amber Sealey’s intelligent, complicated true crime drama interrogates Ted Bundy’s last years on death row without sensationalism or exploitation.Read More
VOD film review: Killer Concept
September 8, 2021 | Anton Bitel
Director Glenn Payne and writer Casey Dillard play collaborating leads in this cliché-questioning meta-slasher.Read More
