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Survive 2024

Survive 2024

Overview and Context Survive is a thriller produced in France that is set to release in 2024. The movie is directed by Frédéric Jardin and has a screenplay by Alexandre Coquelle and Mathieu Oullion. Jardin’s film is a rare mix of speculative science fiction, family drama, horror, and surrealist imagery. “Survive” has a running time

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The Instigators

The Instigators

Synopsis The political backdrop of Boston is the setting of Doug Liman’s The Instigators, a rapidly changing, gritty heist comedy. The film follows a former Marine, Rory, played by Matt Damon. Rory’s partner in crime is an alcoholic ex-con called Cobby, played by Casey Affleck. Both men are in dire need of money. Rory is

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Hot Girls Wanted

Hot Girls Wanted

Overview Hot Girls Wanted is a 2015 American documentary directed by Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus and produced by Rashida Jones. The film takes an unflinching look at amateur pornography by following young women as they start their brief careers in the adult film world. The documentary reveals how regular girls, many newly out of

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The Haunted Hotel

The Haunted Hotel

Overview The Haunted Hotel is the 2023 Indonesian film from director Guntur Soeharjanto that weaves folklore with psychological unease. Instead of a typical jump-scare ghost story, the movie invites viewers to sit with trauma, inheritance, and the weight of family legacies. When two sisters return to Semarang, Central Java, to breathe life back into a

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Primbon

Primbon

Overview Primbon is a 2023 Indonesian horror-drama film from director Rudi Soedjarwo. At first, it looks like a familiar ghost story, but it quietly digs deeper into how belief systems, family love, and the ache of grief shape us. Rooted in Javanese culture, the film weaves mysticism through a grounded family tale, crafting a slow

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Mantra Surugana

Mantra Surugana

Synopsis Mantra Surugana is a 2023 Indonesian horror film that weaves together classic scares with deep-rooted myth and real-world trauma. The story centers on Tantri, a first-year student who arrives at a university dorm eager for new beginnings. Instead, she finds a darkness that eclipses her brightest dreams. Very soon after settling in, the atmosphere

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Phony

Phony

Synopsis Phony is a 2022 indie comedy-drama that digs into what happens when truth, showbiz, and the ego bubble up together on a micro-budget set. Written and directed by David Bush, the film plays with its own art and winks at the audience, spinning a multilayered, character-heavy story about dreams, lies, and the little betrayals

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