Cracking Nuts and Taking Names
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms by Hope Madden Let’s say your birthday falls in December and as a lovely gesture your family took you to The Nutcracker Suite every…read more →
Archive For October, 2018
Dance Macabre
Suspiria by George Wolf Seventies horror has had a damn good month. Just weeks after David Gordon Green gave 1978’s Halloween the sequel it deserved, director Luca Guadagnino re-imagines 1977’s…read more →
Everything Except Temptation
The Happy Prince by Hope Madden “Why does one run toward ruin? Why does it hold such fascination?” Oscar Wilde, by way of writer/star Rupert Everett, wonders these potent lines…read more →
I Don’t Want to Go Out—Week of October 30
Look at all these movies! What do you want, cartoons? Drama? Indie rom com? Horror? Unhinged Nic Cage? You know you want unhinged Nic Cage, and lucky for you, he’s…read more →
Fright Club: Bride of Frankenstein
We are thrilled to be a part of a circle of movie podcasts spending the month of October talking about Universal monster movie sequels. And how lucky are we to…read more →
Screening Room Podcast: Big Air, Deep Water
We talk through Gerard Butler’s place in cinematic history, Jonah Hill’s place as a filmmaker, and Alex Honnold’s place as a crazy person as we break down Hunter Killer, Mid90s…read more →
Gerard Has the Con
Hunter Killer by Hope Madden On a scale from Gerard Butler to 10, how bad is Hunter Killer? It’s not London Has Fallen bad. Or Gods of Egypt bad. It’s…read more →
Board in the U.S.A.
Mid90s by George Wolf More than just a time stamp, Mid90s emerges as a completely engaging verite-styled slice of place and person, a clear-eyed and visionary filmmaking debut for writer/director…read more →
I Don’t Want to Go Out—Week of October 22
One of the year’s boldest films and certainly among its most impressive directorial debuts makes its way to your home this week. Also, a lackluster sequel. Not that we’d judge…read more →
Screening Room: Old Tricks, New Treats
The Screening Room breaks down the new Halloween, talks through The Oath and the new YA The Hate U Give. Plus, we’ll run through what’s worth watching in new home…read more →