Altered States is our fourth programming stream to be announced for VIFF 2017! This programming stream is groundbreaking and genre-bending, showcasing cinema that often defies traditional classification. From sinister cults, weird science, kickass feminists, stylistic bombast and surrealism of every distorted stripe, their trailers are bound to be interesting and lucky for you we’ve gathered them all here… Continue reading
By Brent Holmes Anna Billers’s The Love Witch is a modern-day throwback to the technicolor melodramas of the late 60’s early 70’s. It goes head over heels for lavish sets, dramatic dialogue and classic techniques. Ultimately, the film celebrates style and the sumptuous aesthetics of old-age cinema. Elaine (Samantha Robinson) is a witch obsessed with love … Continue reading
By Anita Bedell “Loneliness does strange things to the mind,” introduces us to writer/director Nicolas Pesce’s The Eyes Of My Mother, a beautifully rendered art house horror film about the degradation of a lonely woman’s mind into psychopathic madness. Shot in crisp black and white, the movie likens to such stark nightmares as the 1968 … Continue reading
