Contributor Anton Bitel

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Festivals

Deadstream – first-look review

by Anton Bitel

Joseph and Vanessa Winter blend horror and comedy in this entertaining haunted house freak-out.
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Home Ents

Discover the surreal provocations of this Japanese anthology comedy

by Anton Bitel

Katsuhito Ishii, Hajime Ishimine and Shunichiro Miki’s offbeat Funky Forest: The First Contact is now available on Blu-ray.
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Festivals

Seven glimpses outward from the Glasgow Film Festival 2022

by Anton Bitel

We survey the most exciting titles screening at Glasgow’s premiere annual celebration of film.
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Home Ents

Discover the indie horror comedy that made ‘mumblegore’ happen

by Anton Bitel

The Duplass brothers’ Baghead, starring Greta Gerwig in one of her first screen roles, is a charming love letter to DIY filmmaking.
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Home Ents

Is this ’80s cult classic Japan’s answer to Mad Max?

by Anton Bitel

Crazy Thunder Road, director Sogo Ishii’s explosive anti-establishment thriller, is dedicated “to all crazy bikers”.
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Festivals

Something in the Dirt – first-look review

by Anton Bitel

Filmmaking duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead discover an ominous paranormal entity in their meta fifth feature.
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Home Ents

Discover the trippy, transgressive pleasures of Mario Bava’s swansong

by Anton Bitel

The Italian genre maestro’s final film, 1977’s Shock, is a haunted house horror quite unlike any other.
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Review

Scream

by Anton Bitel

This stylishly directed “requel” trickily rakes over the grave of the original Scream films, but please, no more!

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Home Ents

Discover this ’80s cult classic that has to be seen to be believed

by Anton Bitel

Renee Harmon is the eponymous Lady Street Fighter in one of the most outrageous exploitation movies ever made.
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Home Ents

Discover this goofy intergalactic comedy about star-crossed lovers

by Anton Bitel

Richard Benjamin’s hokey My Stepmother is an Alien is an effects-heavy time capsule of ’80s excess.

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