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Lucky by Jonny Numb
Lucky: Something Blurry In horror or thrillers, putting the viewer ahead of the characters never ends well. Good horror ejects the audience from the perception of the film itself as horror, and instead immerses us in character and atmosphere, to the point where twists and turns come across with genuine surprise. In other words: it’s…
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Rent-A-Pal by Jonny Numb
Rent-A-Pal: A Three-Dimensional Creation Rent-A-Pal could’ve gone a simple and cynical route, leaning hard on our perception of a character through well-trod cues of speech, wardrobe, and economic class rather than putting the effort into creating a fully-formed individual. David (Brian Landis Folkins) is a three-dimensional marvel. At first glance, he resembles the stereotypical notion…
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THE LAST KNOCK podcast presents: An Interview with Mark Ricche, Christian Stavrakis, and JB Destiny
George A. Romero – and Ricche, Stavrakis, and Destiny Mark Ricche: Besides writer, actor, and director of the brilliant Mortal Remains documentary, he worked the camera on Romero’s Iron City Asskickers. Christian Stavrakis: He also wrote, acted in and directed Mortal Remains, sculpted the renowned George A. Romero statue, and also appeared in Iron City…
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Promising Young Woman by Jonny Numb
Promising Young Woman: Advancing Toward the Inevitable Promising Young Woman is a revenge film that cuts differently than I Spit on Your Grave or Ms. 45, but stands alongside those efforts as one of the best of its kind. It differentiates itself from conventional thriller fare by advancing toward organic-feeling inevitabilities, not mechanical twists and turns.…
