The King ★★
Both Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir Kenneth Branagh have previously directed and starred in adaptations of William Shakespeare‘s Henry V.Continue Reading
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Motherless Brooklyn ★★★
Nearly two decades after his directorial debut Keeping the Faith, Edward Norton has returned to direct, write, produce, and starContinue Reading
Darkness, Tears, and Sighs: The Lack of Color in Suspiria (2018)
Remakes of horror classics have become a trend that is most likely here to stay. For the most part, theyContinue Reading
The Crisis of Faith in The Wailing
The Wailing begins with a quote from Luke 24 in which Jesus appears before his disciples after he has risenContinue Reading
Isolation Induced by Trauma in 301/302
301, 302 is at its core a story about two ships passing in the night – or perhaps two shipsContinue Reading
Judy ★★½
Judy Garland was and is an icon. Renée Zellweger captures that aura about her in Judy, a biopic covering theContinue Reading
Black Sunday and Gothic Horror
Mario Bava is one of the most revered legends of Italian horror filmmaking. While his status as a forefather ofContinue Reading
Deadly Desires: Trouble Every Day and In My Skin
A fleeting scene of Trouble Every Day finds one of its characters simply watching a match burn. Lighting it, CoréContinue Reading
The Horror of Human Error in The Orphanage
It’s easy to forget how inherently melancholic the concept of ghosts are. Trapped souls forced to inhabit the scenes ofContinue Reading
The Films of Bong Joon-ho
With Bong‘s Palme d’Or-winning Parasite in theaters this month, we figured October is as good a time as any to lookContinue Reading
Not The Wicker Man with the Bees!
The fear of the unknown is a driving force behind many horror films but, where many find that fear inContinue Reading
