Nightmare (1981)

You’ve gotta love a film that straight away states its intent (and understand a film which needs to sell its merits pretty damn quickly) and Nightmare (1981) does both of these things. We’re off with a dream of a dismembered body, a shrieking nightmare, a man in a straightjacket – and the immediate need to […]

Interview: Joanna Tsanis, director of short film Smile (2021)

Continuing with Warped Perspective’s interviews with the directors behind ARROW Player’s recent Sharp Shorts, we asked director Joanna Tsanis about her own short film – a very brief, super-focused study of depression, grief and fear. Oh, and it’s a monster film, too. Here’s our conversation about Smile (2021). Warped Perspective: This is a very brief […]

DogMan (2023)

The latest from Luc Besson begins with an onscreen quote from Lamartine: “Whenever there is an unfortunate, God sends a dog.” The unfortunate in question here is Doug (Caleb Landry Jones) and God hasn’t settled for one dog, there’s a whole van load of them to be found as our protagonist’s vehicle is pulled over […]

Nobody is Crazy (2019)

“The future is as irreversible as the rigid yesterday,” says the Borges quote that opens the fantasy coming-of-age journey Nobody is Crazy, directed by Federico J. Arioni – who penned this wild script and also stars as one of its leads. Exploring mental illness, growing up and time travel through our main character’s battle with […]

Lovely, Dark, and Deep (2024)

“And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul,” says the quote that opens this feature, promising to take us deep into the woods and test our psychological mettle. Written and directed by the capable hands of Teresa Sutherland (The Wind, Midnight Mass) we plunge into the wilderness for a […]

Cold Meat (2023)

It’s the run-up to Christmas and, somewhere in a remote corner of Colorado, a lone traveller is off on a road trip, despite the treacherous conditions. He stops his car at a roadside café, but it seems that something is unfolding there: as the last customers depart for the day, leaving only our traveller – […]