The Films of Steven Spielberg
The contemporary Hollywood blockbuster owes its existence to Steven Spielberg. From the teeth of Jaws to the music of West SideContinue Reading
Tag: Ridley Scott
House of Gucci ★★★
“Father, Son, and House of Gucci.” This line is ad-libbed by none other than Lady Gaga in her stand-out yetContinue Reading
Red Heaven (documentary) ★★★
At first glance, Lauren DeFilippo and Katherine Gorringe’s Red Heaven seems like a work of fiction, somewhat of a dowerContinue Reading
Most Anticipated of November 2021
Alex Sitaras: With October and a number of its great films behind us, we turn to November which looks toContinue Reading
The Last Duel ★★★★
Rape; a word infrequently uttered in director Ridley Scott‘s The Last Duel. It is the heart of the film, asContinue Reading
From Sideshow to Main Event in Freaks
In 1932, a year after making Dracula (often billed as the first talkie horror picture) Tod Browning released Freaks, whichContinue Reading
Most Anticipated of October 2021
Ben McDonald: Heading further into the fall, this month has a solid line-up of highly anticipated films that have allContinue Reading
Cerebral and Corporal Horror in Audition
It’s usually easy to spot a horror film. Perhaps more than any other genre, horror is the cinematic category ofContinue Reading
Underwater ★★★
A Lovecraftian homage to 70s-80s science-fiction horror, William Eubank’s Underwater offers little to reinvent its deep-seated genre conventions — yetContinue Reading
The Lodge ★★★
English film critic Robin Wood once defined the horror film as one that presents a scenario of normality under threatContinue Reading
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