Tag: Independent Film

Monolith (2022)

Monolith

dir. Matt Vesely (2022)

Film poster: “Monolith” dir. Matt Vesely (2022)

High-quality Australian production with almost no budget (staged like a play, with only one actor physically present). While Lily Sullivan carries off the disquieting intrigue and psychological unravelling centred around her character, the narrative nosedives disappointingly from supernatural mystery into ambiguous metaphor.

Memory Lane

Memory Lane

dir. Shawn Holmes (2014)

Holmes_Memory Lane

Independent filmmaker Shawn Holmes debuts with an adroitly scripted, well-acted, gloomy piece of supernatural intrigue. Memory Lane feels short at sixty-eight minutes, but given even a brass razoo for a budget, Holmes could well bring us the next Memento or Donnie Darko.

Derelict Space Sheep