Director: John Rosman Writer: John Rosman Cast: Tony Amendola, Hayley Erin, Sonya Walger Running Time: 85 mins New Life launches the viewer in medias res, with Jessica Murdock (Hayley Erin) walking down a suburban street, her face covered in blood that is in fact not her own. She lets herself into the house that she
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Director: Writer: Austin Jennings, Matt Frink Cast: Emily Sweet, Brad Thomas, Bruno Veljanovski Running Time: 86 mins Eight Eyes starts as it intends to finish: with an unsettling enigma. The camera tilts down through the darkness of night to a big fire, onto which some clothing is placed, and in which a charred human head
Director: Nicholas Tomnay Writer: Nicholas Tomnay Cast: Penelope Mitchell, Nick Stahl, Tamsin Topolski, Randy Vasquez Running Time: 101 mins What You Wish For is a story of haves and have-nots, and the morality-challenging divide that exists between them. More than a mere have-not, gambling addict Ryan Mosely (Nick Stahl) is also massively in debt, and
Director: Alice Maio Mackay Writer: Alice Maio Mackay, Ben Pahl Robinson Cast: Lewi Dawson, Etcetera Etcetera, Lisa Fanto, Toshiro Glenn, Lauren Last Running Time: 75 mins “The film you are about to see is a work of fantastic fiction, ooh, but it’s realer than you think,” states Cryptessa (Etcetera Etcetera) to the camera at the
Director: Junta Yamaguchi Writer: Makoto Ueda Cast: Riko Fujitani, Yoshimasa Kondo, Shiori Kubo, Munenori Nagano, Yuki Torigoe Running Time: 82 mins “You can’t step into the same river twice,” is a quote attributed to the Early Greek philosopher Heraclitus, as an illustration of stability’s absence in a world of flux. Yet in Junta Yamaguchi’s latest,
Director: Jenn Wexler Writer: Jenn Wexler, Sean Redlitz Cast: Mena Massoud, Olivia Scott Welch, Chloë Levine, Madison Baines, Georgia Acken, Derek Johns, Laurent Pitre Running Time: 100 mins After a group of Christmas carollers leaves the front porch of an ordinary suburban house, four people watching from the darkness move in, immediately stabbing in the
Director: Paris Zarcilla Writer: Paris Zarcilla Cast: Leanne Best, Jaeden Paige Boadilla, Max Eigenmann, David Hayman Running Time: 100 mins Raging Grace opens with the young girl of the title (Jesden Paige Boadilla) sitting at a bedroom desk and drawing a picture of herself happily holding hands with her mother. Then the camera drifts over