Tag: Parents
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‘Parents’ Is the Middling ’80s Cannibalism Classic Worth Reheating — Again and Again
On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age.First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing.Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation.The…
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‘Speak No Evil’ Review: A Queasily Effective Danish Horror Film on the Discomfort of Strangers
The fear of seemingly harmless strangers that’s heightened during our era of online “relationships” (not to mention Covid) is cannily exploited in actor-turned-writer-director Christian Tafdrup’s “Speak No Evil.” Building on the thorny couple dynamics of his prior features “Parents” and “A Horrible Woman,” this excruciatingly.Tafdrup’s squirm-inducing tale is premiering in Sundance’s Midnight section, and should…