The Cipher of Wanda
Perhaps the most visually striking and poetic scene in Wanda occurs early in the movie, when Wanda is walking inContinue Reading
Author: Eugene Kang
Labyrinth of Cinema ★★★
Nobuhiko Obayashi was never one to give less than his best, even when he was diagnosed with stage-4 terminal cancerContinue Reading
Ginger Snaps – When the Wolf was Red Riding Hood All Along
The modern fairy tale can be a tricky genre to pull off. Usually, a director or writer will choose toContinue Reading
Non-Didactic Social Commentary in Tales from the Hood
There seems to be a certain perception that so-called “elevated” horror (a stupid, vague term) is the superior form ofContinue Reading
Small-Time Vampirism in Martin
Before M. Night Shyamalan, George Romero was the filmmaker from Pennsylvania that you had to know. Braddock, Pennsylvania plays aContinue Reading
The Abyss Staring Back in The Vanishing
A film about uncertainty is hard to pull off. It is not as simple as merely leaving out information. That’sContinue Reading
Messianic Delusions in Saint Maud
Saint Maud, directed by Rose Glass, puts a spin on the religious horror movie that both honors the tropes ofContinue Reading
Diaspora and Personal Identity in Calendar
Though the role of technology in the lives of ordinary people is a theme as old as the film mediumContinue Reading
Seeking Annihilation in Under the Skin
Western society has ingrained in many of us certain gendered expectations of behavior for grief over a loved one. MenContinue Reading
The Saving Power of Storytelling in Sankofa
Sankofa, which in the Ghanaian Akan language means roughly “to retrieve,” starts with a model named Mona (Oyafunmike Ogulano) posingContinue Reading
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