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Vulcanizadora is a brutal, blackly funny descent into male loneliness, guilt, and fractured friendship. The film follows two old friends – played by Potrykus (Derek) and long-time collaborator Joshua Burge (Marty) – as they trudge into the Michigan woods on a grim, unclear mission.
Vampire Zombies...From Space! is fully aware of what it is: a loving send-up packed with heavy tropes, shameless jokes, and more heart than you might expect.
Predators avoids the structural safety nets of traditional documentary filmmaking. There’s no narration guiding us toward a particular point of view, no dramatic underscore telling us how to feel.
Good Boy is a microbudget haunted house horror told from the perspective of a dog. Its premise is straightforward: Indy, a retriever with no supernatural abilities, must protect his human companion Todd from a presence only he can sense.
Intimacy, Estrangement, and the Crow: Chloé Robichaud on her Film, TWO WOMEN The snow drifts slowly across the screen in the opening moments of Two Women, immediately anchoring us in…
Ebony and Ivory is not a biopic. It’s not even about the song. What it is, however, is an off-the-wall, slow-burn character piece that invites discomfort, absurdity, and unexpected moments of surrealism.
A Subversion of the Exorcism Genre: Michael Peterson on SHADOW OF GOD Ahead of the 2025 Calgary Underground Film Festival, I connected over Zoom with Michael Peterson, the Calgary-based director…
After premiering at SXSW 2025, $POSITIONS now makes its way to CUFF 2025 — a perfect home for Brandon Daley’s chaotic, hyper-topical debut.
Now in its 22nd year, the Calgary Underground Film Festival (CUFF) has evolved from local curio to one of the most respected genre festivals on the circuit — not just in Canada, but globally.
Eugene, Peter, and Dasha Nekrasova might just be the most intriguing trio in the age of the internet. They are friends and frequent collaborators with a lot to say about how we use technology and the internet