Halifax gets its head-on close-up in Jason Buxton’s accident-obsessed Sharp Corner

'Sharp Corner' review: Ben Foster embraces anxiety and toxic masculinity

There are moments in life that break us to pieces, but not quickly, like a hammer hitting a vase — in a slow but unavoidable way, like a crack in a window. It's only a matter of time before the glass will give way, leaving you wrecked and wide open to a world that keeps on moving regardless. Sharp Corner is about such a moment, where an inexplicable event slowly shatters the psyche of an average family man who previously thought himself content.…

‘Sharp Corner’ Review: An Against-Type Ben Foster Grounds a Familiar Slow-Burn Psychological Thriller

To watch “Sharp Corner” feels akin to witnessing a car crash in slow motion. There’s a bleak inevitability to the proceedings and a cruel voyeuristic streak to how we’re called to not look away. The comparison is apt, of course, considering how central car accidents are to the tale of an even-keeled suburbanite who becomes […]

Halifax gets its head-on close-up in Jason Buxton’s accident-obsessed Sharp Corner

Buxton’s film follows a deeply unhappy family man who becomes fixated on the car crashes that keep happening outside his new countryside home

'Sharp Corner' Movie Ending Explained & Summary: What Does The Final Scene Hint At?

Jason Buxton’s second feature film, Sharp Corner, is a poignant study of human behavior that can often take twisty, dark turns. The film is centered around the McCall family, who had recently moved into the suburbs. Their spacious new house buzzed with possibilities—while Josh planned on turning the backyard into a pitch and putt, Rachel thought it was important that they fix their son’s room to help him with the transition. Max was happy to be …

SHARP CORNER – Review

While the halls of the multiplex are filled with the sounds of battling superheroes and video game icons and even some 1930s bloodsuckers, here comes a film that “identifies” as a thriller, though it’s really an insightful character study set during a family crisis. Plus, it’s a compelling showcase for one of our most gifted actors, who often brings “more to the plate’ in many recent action flicks. Oh, and he’s paired with an actress who’s best …