The Not-So-Friendly Skies
Embryo by Brandon Thomas Good old alien horror doesn’t come around as much as I’d like. Outside of the occasional Alien or Predator sequel, this subgenre is pretty much stagnant…read more →
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It’s People!!!
Roe V Wade by Christie Robb Cathy Allyn and Nick Loeb’s film Roe v. Wade is an unnuanced slog through the events leading up to the landmark 1973 Supreme Court…read more →
There’s Music and There’s People and They’re Young and Alive
Shoplifters of the World by Matt Weiner Never meet your heroes. That goes double for present-day Morrissey, frontman for the Smiths. But Shoplifters of the World looks back at a…read more →
Gone Girl
Antigone by Hope Madden Any deep dive into the day-to-day realities of asylum seekers and the racism they face can end in horror (His House) or tragedy. Sophie Deraspe’s Antigone…read more →
Shipping Up to Sligo
Pixie by Matt Weiner There was a time in the late 90s when you couldn’t go six months without a quippy crime comedy that was obviously pitched as “Pulp Fiction,…read more →
Eye Spy
Keep an Eye Out by Hope Madden If there is one filmmaker whose movies resist summarization, it’s Quentin Dupieux. I have tried (Deerskin, Wrong). His latest, Keep an Eye Out,…read more →
In His Name
Son by Hope Madden Back in 2014, Irish filmmaker Ivan Kavanagh wondered what to do about a dad who may be his son’s only salvation, or may be his one…read more →
My Sister’s Keeper
Dementer by Hope Madden Authenticity is certainly the main differentiator between Chad Crawford Kinkle’s latest horror and others of the genre. It’s been eight years since the filmmaker released his…read more →
Not Itchy and Scratchy
Tom and Jerry by Hope Madden Scooby-Doo is having a moment. The franchise got its first wide release feature film last year, and the brains of the Mystery, Inc. outfit,…read more →
Enter at Your Own Risk
Wrong Turn by Hope Madden Writer/director Mark P. Nelson is kind of fixated on the social rifts in America. His 2018 film Domestics followed the aftermath of an apocalypse intentionally…read more →