The Evening Class

"Cinema is the evening class for discriminating adults."--Ousmane Sembene

Friday, August 29, 2025

FRIGHTFEST 26 (2025)—SELF-HELP (2025): REVIEW

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Positioned as an International Premiere at London’s Frightfest 26 , Erik Bloomquist’s Self-Help  (2025) yokes the horror genre to a thought...
Saturday, August 23, 2025

FRIGHTFEST 26 (2025)—THE HAUNTED FOREST (2025): REVIEW

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As a World Premiere at Frightfest 26, the UK-based international horror, fantasy, and thriller film festival held in London’s Leicester Squa...
Friday, August 22, 2025

RELAY (2024)—REVIEW

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Some years back I befriended a deaf mute named Mike. Our friendship was revelatory in that he exposed me to the various technologies within...

EDEN (2024)—REVIEW

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The “Galapagos Affair”, as it came to be known over the years, has captured the imaginations of writers and filmmakers for decades, from the...
Thursday, August 21, 2025

THROWBACK THURSDAY: THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR: SATAN COMES TO EDEN (2013)—THE EVENING CLASS INTERVIEW WITH DAYNA GOLDFINE AND DANIEL GELLER

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Originally published by Fandor in April 2014, the release of Ron Howard’s Eden (2025) calls for another look at the conversation I had wi...
Sunday, August 17, 2025

FANTASIA 29 (2025)—FLUSH (2025): REVIEW

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The Fantasia International Film Festival (“Fantasia”) World Premiere of GrĂ©gory Morin’s Flush (2025) scored the Audience Award for Best In...
Thursday, August 14, 2025

FANTASIA 29 (2025): SPANISH CINEMA—THE WAILING (2024) / CIELO (2025) / I AM FRANKELDA (2025): REVIEW

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By “Spanish” I mean Spanish-speaking, of course, as The Wailing (2024) is a co-production from France, Argentina and Spain; Cielo (2025) ...
Wednesday, August 13, 2025

FANTASIA 29 (2025)—DOG OF GOD / HELLCAT: REVIEW

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Dogs and cats kenneled at the 29th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival (“Fantasia”).  Anadromatic and inversive at its core,...
Friday, August 08, 2025

FANTASIA 29 (2025)—FANTASIA RETRO: THE DEVIL’S BRIDE (1974) / THE HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS (1976) / THE NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER (1980)—REVIEWS

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As committed as the Fantasia International Film Festival (“Fantasia”), now in their 29th edition, has been in securing the premiering edge o...
Thursday, August 07, 2025

FANTASIA 29 (2025)—STUNTMAN: REVIEW

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Skillfully pitched between sentiment and action, Stuntman (2024) —the debut feature from Herbert Leung Koon-Shun and Albert Leung Koon-Yiu—...
Wednesday, August 06, 2025

HEMA HEMA: SING ME A SONG WHILE I WAIT (2016)—REVIEW

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What can be said of a person who—in the act of trying to conceal himself with a mask—reveals who he really is? I first tackled that conundr...

FANTASIA 29 (2025)—TOUCH ME (2025): REVIEW

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Sporting its Canadian premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival (“Fantasia”) after a robust festival run that included premiering...
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