One of Francis Ford Coppola’s most underrated films is a moving look at the legacy of violence & what it means to be a “leader.”
Author: Gena Radcliffe
Despite its high quality production design and strong performances, the Shudder haunted house flick lacks in genuine thrills
A young nurse is given a terrifying assignment in Corinna Faith’s bleak but all too timely supernatural horror.
We examine the game changing highs and ambitious lows of Coppola’s six decade career.
The underrated teen comedy-drama about a lonely, lovelorn nerd turns 35 this year.
The remaining festival offerings in horror are satisfyingly gory, but some fall short in plot & characterization.
SXSW’s horror offerings start with a vampire thriller, ecoterror, and a three hour long documentary that flies by.
Shudder’s latest is a deeply silly horror-comedy that mostly succeeds in spite of itself.
While the script is almost entirely a retread of the original, an engaged and enthusiastic cast makes it worthwhile.
While the first movie in the series was stylish & unexpectedly moving, it was tainted by cheap, empty sequels that forgot what made it special.
Shudder’s latest is at least as much a relationship drama as a monster movie, but somehow isn’t bad.
Rose Glass writes and directs an unforgettably creepy story about a troubled young nurse’s efforts to save her patient’s soul.
The Shudder original turns the creation of “Frankenstein” into bad psychodrama theater.
Superfan Edgar Wright directs a lovingly expansive documentary about legendary art rock band Sparks.
Nicolas Cage & Sion Sono team up for an incoherent Samurai-Western-Mad Max homage-something or other.
Carlson Young writes, directs and stars in a baffling horror-fantasy about a young woman who disappears into an elaborate alternate universe
Debbie Lum’s engrossing documentary about scary-smart teens and the arduous college application process will make you both nostalgic for and glad to be done with high school.
Buoyed by an excellent lead performance, Frida Kempff’s psychological horror is harrowing, but ill-served by a weak ending.