![[Chattanooga Film Festival Review] THE WANTING MARE](http://www.nightmarishconjurings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/unnamed-1-3.png)
Ethereally atmospheric with perpetual melancholic undertones, THE WANTING MARE, produced by Shane Carruth and written and directed by Nicholas Ashe Bateman, feels loosely stitched together
![[Nightmarish Detour Review] VILLAIN](http://www.nightmarishconjurings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/pShVFlUQ.jpg)
In VILLAIN, the first feature film by Philip Barantini, Eddie (Craig Fairbrass) is trying to put his life back together after a long stint in
![[Movie Review] CASTLE IN THE GROUND](http://www.nightmarishconjurings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/MV5BOGVhNDg2MTUtYTQ0Yi00MjRhLWFjMDQtZmQyNDQ5NmI5MGExXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTQxOTk3MzA@._V1_.jpg)
As a lover of film and television, I sometimes learn about the happenings in the world through those forms of entertainment as I’m a bit
![[Nightmarish Detour Review] DEERSKIN](http://www.nightmarishconjurings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/unnamed-2.jpg)
There are a ton of films out there about the figure that goes out in search of themselves. These films are often optimistic and hopeful.
![[Nightmarish Detour Review] THE IN-BETWEEN](http://www.nightmarishconjurings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/70219913_10162391542490261_1632997469891592192_o.jpg)
As per usual, I went into THE IN-BETWEEN not knowing anything about this film and it left me pleasantly surprised. At first, I wasn’t really
![[Nightmarish Detour Review] THE FLOOD](http://www.nightmarishconjurings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/hkg4NuVA.png)
THE FLOOD, directed by Anthony Woodley and written by Helen Kingston, is a well-intentioned yet contrived take on the refugee crisis in Europe. For a
![[Movie Review] THE QUARRY](http://www.nightmarishconjurings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/THEQUARRY_5-scaled.jpg)
Watching a small, quiet thriller like THE QUARRY is a firm reminder that casting is still one of cinema’s greatest special effects. There’s just no
![[Nightmarish Detour] TROLLS WORLD TOUR](http://www.nightmarishconjurings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/MV5BZmQ3NzM2NDEtZWViNS00N2UxLThlZjYtNTRhMDViZmY3YzVmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTkxNjUyNQ@@._V1_SX1777_CR001777737_AL_.jpg)
TROLLS WORLD TOUR is the latest film from directors Walt Dohrn and David P. Smith that is a follow up to the very successful 2016
![[SXSW Review] THE DONUT KING](http://www.nightmarishconjurings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/MV5BYjAwMDAwY2UtNzAwOS00ZTk0LTg1YzUtMDVkODUzMTE4NzU1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTE3NTM2Nzg@._V1_SY1000_CR0015311000_AL_.jpg)
THE DONUT KING, Alice Gu‘s feature-length directorial debut, is one of the most unexpectedly timely films of the year. Scheduled to premiere at SXSW, the
![[Movie Review] STRAY DOLLS](http://www.nightmarishconjurings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/MV5BNDRiZmUwNTAtY2Q4OC00MDY4LTg5NTYtNmQxZTE4MmUyZDcyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjEzMDQxNzY@._V1_SY1000_CR0014981000_AL_.jpg)
When I first looked up what STRAY DOLLS was about, there wasn’t much to go on beyond “a petty crime spirals out of control.” That