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Night Visions

Night Visions Back to Basics 3022

Night Visions returns from April 20th to the 24th with a full, classic festival lineup after a long dry spell of shortened and compromised events. There are over thirty films playing over four days and one night. As always, it’s an impressive collection of absolute bangers of genre cinema

Alex Noyer

Sound of Violence is a symphony of horrific beauty

I’ve suffered from anxiety all my life. It’s an insidious illness that’s never the same for two people. For me, loud noises can trigger an episode that ruins weeks. People shouting are the worst. Sound of Violence, the debut from Finnish-American filmmaker Alex Noyer, had me shaking

A Pure Place

Night Visions Maximum Comeback review roundup

Night Visions begins on December 1st and runs until the 5th. I’ve watched ten films from the lineup in advance and compiled the reviews here on some of the best the festival has to offer. Here are some of the visions you don’t want to miss this year.

Night Visions

Tiny Tim: King for a Day is the story of a tragic life lived through music

(King for a Day premieres at Night Visions Maximum Comeback this week.) Back in the sixties, Tiny Tim was one of the hottest tickets around. He played The Royal Albert Hall and entertained 600,000 people at the Isle of Wight. John Lennon and Bob Dylan gushed about him profusely.

Benedetta

Five films you shouldn't miss at Night Visions Maximum Comeback

After months in lockdown and an unprecedented attack on the arts by the Finnish government, Night Visions is back with a vengeance. Featuring over thirty films and a masterclass from John Landis, visiting to celebrate the anniversary of An American Werewolf in London, there is no reason to miss out

Arden Myrin

Satanic Panic is a wild and gleefully violent ride

★★★★ | Fun for the whole family SATANIC PANIC, the feature debut from Chelsea Stardust, is a hell of a ride. Shot with a minuscule budget in just eighteen days, it’s as inspired as anything from early Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson. Blending pratfalls and body horror with sexploitation, Stardust finds

Barry Pepper

The Painted Bird is a poetic nightmare

★★★★★ | I want to wake up THE PAINTED BIRD unfolds like a living painting akin to Hieronymus Bosch or Giotto, where the episodic nature of violence becomes cyclical, as if the very heart of man is to devour itself in the end. At the epicenter of this is an unnamed nine-year-old

Interview

Justin McConnell on the difficulty of making films, and the joy of meeting your idols

(This interview is a part of our continuing Night Visions 2020 coverage. It has been edited for content and clarity.) Hailing from Toronto, Ontario, Justin McConnell is a filmmaker, cinematographer, editor, writer, and jack-of-all-trades in the industry. His earlier works include films such as LIFECHANGER, SKULL WORLD, and BROKEN MILE.