Sundance often has sleeper hits come out of the Midnight Section. (2018 saw both Mandy and Hereditary.) This year’s boldest film seems to be The Lodge, the English-language debut by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, the Aust...
It’s rare to see a film so courageous as Luce. The movie demands a lot from its audience. It mercilessly refuses to be easily constrained, consistently undermines conventions and expectations, and delves deeply into moral un...
The Walking Dead returns from its mid-season respite this week. Will the promise of a creepy new villain group be enough to perk up the season’s storyline (not to mention stem the show’s declining ratings), or must we ...
My adoration for Dan Gilroy’s Nightcrawler is immense. The thought him collaborating again with Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo on a new movie that skewers the pretentions of the art world gave me hope that Velvet Buzzsaw wou...
Creepy kids are an old, reliable trope that rarely lets horror movies down – and rightly so. Those tiny humans can be straight unsettling when they want to be. The Prodigy might seem like just another creepy kid movie, but its new...
If you aren’t prepared to laugh in death’s face, then you might want to skip the dark comedy Cold Pursuit. The higher the body count, the bigger the laughs.
From rocking musicians to disgraced politicians, bio-pics take center stage on Blu-ray this week. Don’t stop me now. I’m having such a good time.
Just about any successful animated movie is bound to get a sequel (or several). Some live up to their originals better than others. The Roundtable this week picks out some good ones.
Though its premise is dated and its character arcs simplistic, What Men Want pulls itself up with some good performances.
Though the seams in St. Agatha show early and are fairly obvious, there’s something to be admired in this ballsy nunsploitation horror film that doesn’t shy away from getting a little crazy from time to time.
In an alternate timeline where The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part was in fact the first of the series, it would rival just about any animated film that’s likely to come out this year. It’s smart, beautifully rendered, a...
Shudder’s Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror is an enlightening documentary that examines the role of black fandom and black filmmakers throughout the history of the horror genre.
