[TIFF Review] 'A Banquet' Tests Maternal Bonds and Patience in Simmering Psychological Horror

Existing somewhere at the crossroads of Jack Ketchum's "The Box" and Rose Glass's Saint Maud lies A Banquet. A strange affliction wreaks havoc on the lives of a family still on the mend from tragedy. Ruth Paxton's feature debut favors a slow simmering atmosphere in a psychodrama that sees a family in psychological deterioration. One that can test the […]