Grant Vance

  • Movie News

In the Earth Explores the Power of Myth in the Pandemic

Ben Wheatley used his new Sundance film In the Earth to keep himself together during the pandemic. “I was having…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

How Knocking Uses Its Visuals as a Vessel to Empathize with the Ignored

After a beautiful overhead shot opens director Frida Kempff's psychological thriller Knocking, we are immediately pulled into lead character Molly’s…

3 years ago
  • Festivals

In “Kung Pao Corpse,” A Delivery Driver Talks Prejudice With a Zombie

What a time to be alive. The Atlanta Horror Film Festival begs the question, but not without pondering: what a…

4 years ago
  • Acting

Flash Forward: Maya Erskine on Her Unlikely Meet-Cute with Comedy and Finding an Authentic Rhythm in Plus One

“Comedy is very rhythmic,” Maya Erskine says, carefully calibrating her comedic process in Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer’s modernized romantic…

5 years ago
  • Interviews

Landing the Punch: Riley Stearns on Carefully Crafted Satire and Establishing Tone in The Art of Self-Defense

Although only one requires a cool costume with colorful belt options, karate and satire have a lot more in common…

5 years ago
  • Book Reviews

Book Review: Shaping Light for Video in the Age of LEDs

“Lights, camera, action!”—the classic, Old Hollywood call to arms. The adage remains, but—as articulated by career gaffer and lighting designer…

5 years ago
  • Movie News

Exclusive: An Apple A Day Keeps The System Away In This Clip from Vladimir de Fontenay’s Mobile Homes (Video)

Adapted from his 2013 short of the same name, writer-director Vladimir de Fontenay paints a beautifully uncomfortable picture with his feature…

6 years ago
  • Book Reviews

Book Review: Ad Nauseam is a Charming Trip Through Curated ’80s Horror Newsprint Ads

Like your favorite fright flick marathon, Michael Gingold’s Ad Nauseam: Newsprint Nightmares from the 1980s is a nostalgic trip through '80s horror.…

6 years ago
  • Movie News

Festival Beat: Beyond Fest Founders On Building A Genre Festival From Goblin to Cronenberg

Among their many eccentric counterparts over the years, insect politicians, Haddonfield historians and bitchin’ scary German guys are three of…

6 years ago
  • Directing

Exclusive: French Moviemaker Anne Émond on Adapting the Different Characters Crafted by Notorious Writer Nelly (Video)

French writer Nelly Arcane's debut novel, Putain, put her on the map as a respected writer documenting her experiences as a…

6 years ago
  • Movie News

Crowdfunder Pick: "The Guiding Light"

Crowdfunding has become an invaluable tool for the indie filmmaker seeking funds for the start or completion of a project.…

6 years ago
  • Movie News

Exclusive: Explore Postmodern Genre Moviemaking With Sebastian Gutierrez’s Visceral Elizabeth Harvest (Video)

It's like they always say: if your marriage isn't going the way you planned, try to spice things up. Maybe…

6 years ago
  • Other

Exclusive: Boogie Woogie to Ari Gold’s Musically-Inclined Nostalgic Drama The Song of Sway Lake

A valuable jazz record incites a romantic adventure in the ripples of a nostalgic lakeside community. In the swings and…

6 years ago
  • Directing

Scary Surfing: Director Stephen Susco on Fearing the Internet and How Style Informs Story in Unfriended: Dark Web

In the varying family dynamics within tentpole genre movies, horror has always been the outlier, cannibalistic family to reconstruct genre…

6 years ago
  • Festivals

Exclusive Preview: New Media Film Festival 2018 to Offer Emmy Consultation and Broadcasting

An all-encompassing media art showcase, New Media Film Festival (NMFF) continues to carve its own niche as it celebrates its…

6 years ago
  • Festivals

Festival Spotlight: HorrorHound Director Jason Hignite on the Genre Convention’s Evolution into Adding a Film Festival

Lurking in the midwestern shadows of Indianapolis and Cincinnati lies something full of more horror than any convention center could…

6 years ago
  • Book Reviews

Space Odyssey: Beautiful New Book Examines Two Geniuses’ Creative Relationship Operating At Its Peak

Destined to sit on the dusty bedside tables of young film students and seasoned fanatics alike, Michael Benson’s Space Odyssey:…

6 years ago
  • Movie News

Full Circle: Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead Cement Their Indie Horror Mastery With UFO Cult Chiller The Endless

Ever relive a moment over and over again until you realize you're in a UFO-obsessed death cult? I've been asking…

6 years ago
  • Other

Exclusive: Ultrasound Images Spark a Timely Debate in This Clip from Leena Pendharkar’s 20 Weeks (Video)

With 35 weeks in a traditional nine-month pregnancy, there’s a good 245 days (give or take) of down time to…

6 years ago
  • Directing

Exclusive: Up-and-Comer Faraday Okoro Lauded by Crew on the Set of Nigerian Prince (Video)

A bustling Nigerian city and by-the-books calm composure flesh out the world of AT&T's Untold Stories grant recipient Faraday Okoro's…

6 years ago
  • Directing

Exclusive: Thomas Middleditch and Jess Weixler Dive in and Let Go in This Underwater Clip from Entanglement (Video)

Entanglement flirts with life's quantum "what ifs" in a pseudo-sceintific equation composed of yarn, romance and Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley, Joshy).  …

6 years ago
  • Other

Exclusive: Psychoanalyze This in the Trailer for Cinema Libre’s Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity To Be Free (Video)

"What does not engage our feelings does not long engage our thoughts either."—Lou Andreas-Salomé Andreas-Salomé may not be as popular…

6 years ago
  • Directing

Exclusive: Dominic Cooper and Tom Felton Prepare to Confront a Dangerous Rogue in This Clip from Stratton (Video)

John Stratton (Cooper) of MI6's Special Boat Services (SBS) has his espionage cut out for him—tracking down an international terrorist…

6 years ago