Author Archives
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A Conversation with “The Good Half” director Robert Schwartzman.
On this latest episode of EoM Presents, EoM Contributor Joel Winstead sits down with director Robert Schwartzman to discuss his latest project, The Good Half. They talked about finding a tonal balance in a film about grief with many comedic… Read More ›
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Bring out that old time rock and roll with Criterion’s 4K release of “Risky Business.”
The edgy and tumultuous 1970s brought us dark and gritty films like The Godfather (1972), The French Connection (1971), and The Deer Hunter (1978). The war in Vietnam, feminism and women’s rights, and satanic panic all brushing up against the… Read More ›
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Rabbit is good, Rabbit is wise, Rabbit directs you to grab the 4K UHD release of “Twister.”
In 1996, the disaster blockbuster business was booming. Independence Day was king of ‘96, drawing in over $800 million at the box office and setting the new standard for disaster films. But earlier that year, Twister came roaring into the… Read More ›
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DECAL Releasing makes it easy to capture your own “Sasquatch Sunset” and bring it home.
Sasquatch Sunset is a vulgar, trippy mockumentary. It’s full of sex, urine, feces, and engorged Bigfoot penis — but that’s just a disguise over a melancholic, soulful, and beautiful adult drama about life, growing, and loss, and one of the… Read More ›
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Early Val Kilmer mystery thriller “Thunderheart” is well worth the HD upgrade in a brand-new home release transfer.
The beginning of the 1990s was uncharted territory for a young, newly established Val Kilmer. He broke out as the villainous, cock-sure “Ice” in Top Gun (1986) years prior and Willow (1988) was a success, but its visual effects and… Read More ›
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Writer/Director Ran Huang asks “What Remains” in the darker grey areas of ethics and morality.
What Remains is a film that presents itself as a detective procedural with a possible serial killer being interviewed by his psychiatrist and a detective trying to piece together the killer’s muddled and confused confessions of murder and rape. What… Read More ›
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The Criterion Collection welcomes the iconic horror of 1960’s “Peeping Tom” with a brand-new 4K UHD edition.
Obsessively pursuing art is the focus of Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom (1960). The parallels to artistic pursuit as it pertains to a filmmaker are hard to miss, as are the Freudian psychoanalytics. Both of which are apt as Powell (The… Read More ›
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A Conversation with “In a Violent Nature” actors Andrea Pavlovic and Ry Barrett.
Writer/director Chris Nash’s first feature-length film, In a Violent Nature, premiered during Sundance 2024 and left audiences stunned, a feat it’s continued to do through festival screenings leading up to the wide U.S. release on May 31st. Ahead of the… Read More ›
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A Conversation with “Humane” director Caitlin Cronenberg and actors Jay Baruchel & Emily Hampshire.
Caitlin Cronenberg is set to make her feature-length directorial debut with Humane, a horror thriller releasing in theaters April 26th via IFC Films and Shudder. Ahead of its public debut, Cronenberg and two of the film’s actors, Jay Baruchel and… Read More ›
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A Conversation with “Late Night with the Devil” filmmakers Colin Cairnes and Cameron Cairnes.
Episode 51 of EoM Presents features EoM Contributor Joel Winstead sitting down with the directing duo brothers Colin and Cameron Cairnes about their new film Late Night with the Devil. They discuss creating characters in horror films that are more… Read More ›
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Broadcasting live in theaters and coming to Shudder this Spring in a battle for your soul, it’s “Late Night with the Devil.”
If you are a fan of the horror genre, then you are probably very familiar with the name, David Dastmalchian. In the last year alone, he’s exploded off the screen in films like The Last Voyage of the Demeter, The… Read More ›
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“Scrambled” captures the complexities of finding out your egg timer is going off.
Writer and first-time feature director Leah McKendrick (Pamela & Ivy) taps into the millennial’s primal fear of being alone in her debut feature, Scrambled. When 30-something Nellie (Leah McKendrick) is sick of being an eternal bridesmaid, she goes on an… Read More ›
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The home release of “Empire of Light” may not entice a rewatch.
Director Sam Mendes has been a force in Hollywood for decades, blowing the doors down in 1999 with American Beauty, nabbing five Academy Awards, including Best Director, while the film itself was nominated for eight. That’s a hell of an… Read More ›
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EoM Presents: A Conversation with “Mean Spirited” director/co-writer/actor Jeff Ryan and producer Owen Williams.
In this interview, EoM contributor Joel Winstead speaks with actor, writer, director Jeff Ryan and producer Owen Williams about their film Mean Spirited. They chat about the origins of the film, the difficulties of wearing three different hats and directing… Read More ›
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“Mean Spirited” delivers on horror and comedy.
It’s all fun and games until demon possession ruins the party. So goes Jeff Ryan’s newest horror/comedy Mean Spirited, or maybe its comedy/horror…either way, if you’re a fan of either genre, this little indie may be exactly what the witch… Read More ›
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“The Underbug“ sparks conversations that will last long past the 68-minute runtime. [Slamdance Film Festival]
The COVID pandemic has forever changed the landscape of our world, effecting everything from religion and politics to visits to the local grocer. During the early days there was an overwhelming sense of dread due to the unseen force that… Read More ›