May 7, 2023
Brian Fanelli
Overlook 2023 Film Festival - In Gnaw, Cote (Luvia Petersen) has a pesky hangnail that just won't go away. The obsession turns deadly in a short that arrives at quite a gruesome ending. Directed by Rosalee Yagihara and written by Meg Turner, the short opens as Cote lays in bed with her lover, played by [...]
April 3, 2023
Brian Fanelli
Overlook 2023 Film Festival - Night of the Bride presses its foot on the gas and doesn't relent for its full seven minutes. It's a harrowing and uncomfortable look at forced marriages in India, before morphing into a powerful revenge tale. Written and directed by Virat Pal, the short kicks off with the bride (Gurleen [...]
BOOKWORM
‘GNAW’ When Obsession Turns Deadly
NIGHT OF THE BRIDE