Contributions from Anton Bitel | Little White Lies

Contributor Anton Bitel

Festivals

Midnight in Austin: four world premieres at SXSW 2023

by Anton Bitel

Murderous teens, strange growths and television-haunting ghosts are on the bill in SXSW’s midnight movies slate.
Review

Scream VI

by Anton Bitel

Business as usual – albeit with a side of Big Apple – for the long-running meta-slasher franchise with enough sass to get it across the finish line.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Home Ents

The perverse suburban joys of Welcome to the Dollhouse

by Anton Bitel

Todd Solondz’s dark coming-of-ager sees an magnificent Heather Matarazzo play the ultimate awkward preteen in Dawn Wiener.
Review

The Strays

by Anton Bitel

A woman who has worked hard to hide her past finds she can’t run from it forever in Nathaniel Martello-White’s assured debut.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Home Ents

The frenetic charm of Miami Blues

by Anton Bitel

George Armitage’s 1990 neo-noir starring Alec Baldwin and Jennifer Jason Leigh is a chaotic game of cat and mouse.
Review

January

by Anton Bitel

Two men snowed in at a remote cabin await the return of their boss in Andrey Paounov’s unique, existential horror.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Review

Unwelcome

by Anton Bitel

A young couple reeling from a violent attack play host to strange house guests in Jon Wright’s Irish horror.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Home Ents

How Rob Zombie put his own spin on a television classic

by Anton Bitel

The horror director turns his attention to comedy and romance with his prequel version of The Munsters.
Home Ents

The classic Italian political drama about the tyranny of industrial capitalism

by Anton Bitel

Elio Petri’s The Working Class Goes to Heaven remains a sobering portrait of life as a cog in the oppressive machine.
Review

Skinamarink

by Anton Bitel

A young brother and sister face their worst fears in Kyle Edward Ball’s inventive microbudget horror.

5
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect

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