X Review — X (2022) Film Review, a movie written and directed by Ti West and starring Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow, Kid Cudi, Martin Henderson, Owen Campbell, Stephen Ure, James Gaylyn, Simon Prast, Geoff Dolan and Matthew J. Saville. Director Ti West’s X is one of the best horror films of recent years [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: X (2022): A Terrifically Acted Scarefest from A24 and Filmmaker Ti West...
Continue reading: Film Review: X (2022): A Terrifically Acted Scarefest from A24 and Filmmaker Ti West...
- 3/28/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
An ode to 1970s grindhouse cinema, “X” finds “The House of the Devil” writer-director Ti West back in his wheelhouse, painstakingly recreating the era’s look and feel as well as its exploitative content.
The year is 1979. Six ambitious and enterprising young Houstonians with aspirations of fame, fortune and artistry decide to have a go at making “The Farmer’s Daughter,” a low-budget dirty movie aimed at boosting the cast and crew’s dreams of fame and fortune.
Maxine (Mia Goth), a coked-up stripper working at Bayou Burlesque, thinks this is just the ticket to international stardom. Her boyfriend, Wayne, acts as the archetypically gung-ho executive producer who talks a great game. Though ostensibly influenced by avant-garde cinema and the French New Wave, director R.J. needs to start at the bottom in order to cut his teeth in filmmaking. His girlfriend and boom operator Lorraine is a prude who doesn...
The year is 1979. Six ambitious and enterprising young Houstonians with aspirations of fame, fortune and artistry decide to have a go at making “The Farmer’s Daughter,” a low-budget dirty movie aimed at boosting the cast and crew’s dreams of fame and fortune.
Maxine (Mia Goth), a coked-up stripper working at Bayou Burlesque, thinks this is just the ticket to international stardom. Her boyfriend, Wayne, acts as the archetypically gung-ho executive producer who talks a great game. Though ostensibly influenced by avant-garde cinema and the French New Wave, director R.J. needs to start at the bottom in order to cut his teeth in filmmaking. His girlfriend and boom operator Lorraine is a prude who doesn...
- 3/14/2022
- by Martin Tsai
- The Wrap
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