Life comes at you fast in M. Night Shyamalan’s Old
The writer-director makes a horror film a metaphor for parenting with surprisingly resonant results.
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The Visit was a Pennsylvania homecoming for M. Night Shyamalan
After a series of disappointments, Shyamalan went back to his beginnings with a PA-set thriller that is as concerned with its cameras as it is with its characters.
Filmmaker of the Month: M. Night Shyamalan
The Spool’s film-by-film exploration of intriguing directors returns with a journey across the career of Philadelphia’s one-of-a-kind thrillmaster.
Wide Awake, M. Night Shyamalan slowly rises
Shyamalan’s first theatrical release is far removed from his most famous work—but does contain seeds of the filmmaker he’d become.
Split saw Shyamalan give James McAvoy the roles of a lifetime
McAvoy approaches the superpowered Kevin Wendell Crumb and his alters with care and empathy, overcoming sketchy psychology.
Shyamalan struggles on the path to The Village
M. Night Shyamalan’s first big stumble has disappointing twists, but that was never its true problem.
Unbreakable remains a high point for Shyamalan and Bruce Willis
The first of M. Night Shyamalan’s Eastrail 117 trilogy frustrates with its approach to superhero comics as a medium but excels in its drama-and-thrillcraft.
Moon Knight’s quality waxes and wanes
The MCU’s latest streaming series gets weird, but it only partially works.
Trevor Gureckis on Scoring M. Night Shymalan’s “Servant”
The composer of M. Night Shyamalan’s Apple TV+ thriller talks about the twists and turns of his unsettling score.
Glass Review: M. Night Shyalaman has lost his damn mind
Like a hammer through a window, Glass shatters whatever goodwill M. Night Shyamalan had once recovered.
TIFF 2023 Features Round-Up: The Monk & the Gun shines
A trio of quirky films offer unique stories, but Pawo Choyning Dorji’s gentle comedy is the true standout.
Netflix’s live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender bends its story beyond recognition
Well, at least they kept the cabbages.
The 50 Most Anticipated Movies of 2024
This year will play catch up with the strikes, try to revitalize or continue long-running franchises, and give directors and new and old the steam to keep filling theaters.
Horror held on strong in 2023
A quick overview of the high highs and middling disappointments in horror this year.
The Swarm is rickety but seaworthy
Beautiful settings, a pulpy premise & ominous atmosphere are more than enough to compensate for banal human subplots.
What’s New on DVD/Blu-ray in May: Knock at the Cabin, Petite Maman, and More
Shyamalan’s latest and a couple of Criterions about female bonds at different ages highlight this month’s new physical media releases.
Trevor Gureckis on mining new terror from the Dead Space remake
The composer talks about fleshing out the score to EA’s hi-def remake of the classic space horror game.
Servant haunts through its isolating setting and stupendous cast
M. Night Shyamalan produces an idiosyncratic ghost story whose reality is far from settled.
Glass shatters the modern superheroic mode to moving effect
M. Night Shyamalan closes the Eastrail 117 trilogy with a deliberate anticlimax and deep empathy in place of spectacle, and the results are striking.
The Happening is a disaster worthy of love
Shyamalan’s eco-horror misfire almost ended his career, but 15 years later, the film comes off more as a goofy cult classic than box office bomb.
Signs and the Mediated Apocalypse
M. Night Shyamalan’s alien invasion saga draws its power as much from the perception and presentation of the invasion as it does the event itself.