The Holdovers
By: Jeff Ching I’ll get right to it without any literary foreplay: The Holdovers is one of the best movies of the year.
By: Jeff Ching I’ll get right to it without any literary foreplay: The Holdovers is one of the best movies of the year.
Kyle Armstrong’s sophomore feature Hands That Bind is a western that’s more introverted than expected.
Shannon Page’s coverage of this year’s Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival (VHS) concludes with reviews of two spooky features – Faceless After Dark and V/H/S/85.
A reclusive bank employee, Morán (Daniel Elías), is tempted to use his privilege to take advantage of his workplace. His plot to rob the bank is on standby until the perfect moment – cue Román (Esteban Bigliardi), a teller who leaves work early and is used as an incidental accomplice once Morán steals $650,000. Román, now more aware, is brought into the fold by the amateur thief and is told to hold the money while…