Tag: The Eyes of My Mother

  • 13 Best Gothic Films by Crash

    The Gothic Argument No, this isn’t about whether The Cure counts as a legitimate goth band or not. Well… Film historians have had a hard time contending with the definition of what embodies Gothic horror films. Some have called it a sub-genre while others do not because Gothic elements can appear in every other genre.…

  • The Grudge (2020) by Jonny Numb

    The Grudge: A Deceptive Ordinariness The new Grudge is probably the harshest telling of the tale (originating with Takashi Shimizu’s Ju-onin 2002), and its moments of violence spring from an intimacy manifested in the despair- or hope-stricken hearts of its characters. It’s a film shot in earth tones, underlining a small-town blandness that augments the feelings…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: THE EYES OF MY MOTHER (2017)

    It’s hard to believe that the oppressive creepfest, The Eyes of My Mother is the feature film debut of writer/director Nicholas Pesce. Using black-and-white digital photography to capture the mood, we follow Francisca (Kika Magalhaes and Olivia Bond) on her coming of age journey that goes horribly wrong. The Eyes of My Mother is a dramatic…