Chronic humanist overthinker of multiple fixations, including movies. Open to conversations within niche and popular art and about said art with other people. Enjoyer of genre films (preferably peculiar ones).
Arjo Atayde’s haunted, steely stoicism is an adequate anchor to hold ‘Topakk’ on. There are plenty of fist-pumping viscera to be found, but the film’s lack of grasp on its chaos hurts it more often than not.
A tense, cerebral, yet crowd-pleasing chamber piece, ‘Heretic’ stacks tantalizing theological disquisitions and moments of primal terror on top of each other to create one entertaining thrill ride.
