HBO & the BBC’s lavish adaptation of Philip Pullman’s fantasy series is off to a fine, visually stunning start.
Author: Gena Radcliffe
Apple+’s new drama about the cutthroat world of TV news looks good but suffers from derivative, clumsy writing. […]
Travis Stevens’ funny & creepy haunted house movie pits toxic masculinity against vengeful female ghosts.
Hell hath no fury like a feral woman scorned in Adolfo Alix Jr.’s beautiful but baffling revenge horror film.
The precursor to “Dracula” gets a sumptuous if not entirely faithful film adaptation.
Alice Furtado’s obsessive teen romance-horror is long on atmosphere, and lean on everything else.
Johannes Nyholm’s surreal horror endurance test traps a grieving couple in a nightmarish version of “Groundhog Day.”
The first half of the final season takes the viewer on a quietly optimistic path, before punching them in the gut in the last episode.
One character’s ending results in some unexpected new beginnings as the season comes to a close.
Adam Egypt Mortimer’s bleak second feature depicts mental illness as an supernatural battle for one’s soul.
Lines are drawn & alliances are tested as FAM celebrates their big day.
Martin Scorsese’s black comedy about one hellish night offers a trapped in amber portrait of 80s New York […]
One of the inspirations behind Joker takes a funny but more chilling approach to the angry white man […]
The late filmmaker’s final project was hosting a warm & fascinating look at her extraordinary seven decade career.
Pedro Costa’s minimalist, based on real events drama is short on plot and long on the relentless weight of living.
The road to success (whatever that means) suddenly gets a little more convoluted as Krystal receives some unexpected career counseling.
Just in time for Halloween, this monster-sized look at the most important decade in horror is thorough, affectionate, & endlessly entertaining.
Brazil’s bloody modern Western is occasionally baffling, but never boring.
