Reviews “Evil Eye”/”Nocturne”: Blumhouse follows haunted women, to mixed results By: Clint Worthington A cursed Indian family and a musician undone by ambition end Blumhouse's Amazon anthology on uneven footing.
Reviews “The Mortuary Collection” is a giddy, gory trip through time By: Sean Price Ryan Spindell's anthology isn't the deepest slice of horror, but its glossy sense of fun carries it along.
Festivals Nightstream: “Black Bear” blurs the line between art & reality By: Gena Radcliffe Aubrey Plaza is outstanding in a surreal comedy-drama about artistic integrity.
Festivals Nightstream: “Frank & Zed” is a charmingly gruesome tale of friendship By: Gena Radcliffe Jesse Blanchard writes & directs an all-puppet horror comedy that slightly overstays its welcome, but is always fun.
Reviews “The Forty-Year-Old Version” adds enough rhythm to the same old song By: Oluwatayo Adewole Multihyphenate Radha Blank makes herself known in her latest, a familiar story with enough of its own flavor.
Reviews “Grand Army” portrays teens in a rare realistic light By: Marshall Estes Netflix's ensemble drama treats its young characters as authentic people instead of tiresome stereotypes.
Columns P.S.H. I Love You: “My Boyfriend’s Back” finds fun in its zombified mess This spooky season, we glance back at one of two horror movies Philip Seymour Hoffman did.
Reviews Lovecraft Country Episode 9 Recap: “Rewind 1921” By: Gena Radcliffe The penultimate episode takes a trip to the past, & is another powerful, sobering highlight of the season.
Festivals Nightstream: “Rose Plays Julie” is an unsettling look at reconnecting By: Gena Radcliffe Christine Molloy & Joe Lawlor’s subtly menacing thriller shows what happens when you ask questions you don’t really want answered.
Anniversaries “Different rules apply”: “After Hours” at 35 An under-appreciated work from the filmmaker and a career rebound, Martin Scorsese's screwball comedy remains one of a kind.
Features “Darkman” was Sam Raimi’s original superhero classic Years before Spider-Man, Sam Raimi delivered a fully original and fully entertaining superhero tale with his 1990 effort.
Festivals NYFF58: “French Exit” is a nice looking but detached trip overseas By: Gena Radcliffe Michelle Pfeiffer dominates Azazel Jacobs’ dry comedy about a formerly wealthy widow who travels to Paris for one last hurrah.
Reviews Don’t enlist for “The War With Grandpa” By: Sarah Gorr Robert De Niro makes another baffling script choice with a bland family comedy about a spoiled kid who can't bear to give up his bedroom.
Reviews “Deaf U” is a school of partying and poignancy By: Lisa Laman Netflix's newest reality show gets both turnt and insightful.
Filmmaker of the Month “Evil Dead II” remixed Raimi’s first big film to gory, gut-busting effect Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell reunite to give their classic horror film a campy sequel-reboot that arguably surpasses the original.
Reviews “Helstrom” takes you only as far as limbo By: Tim Stevens The pre-Disney era of Marvel TV finally comes to a close in the most mundane, workmanlike way possible.
Festivals NYFF: “Tragic Jungle” gets lost in its own mysticism By: Jonah Koslofsky Yulene Olaizola presents a nightmarish thriller based on Central American folklore, but its opaqueness makes it hard to truly grasp.
Filmmaker of the Month “You broke my shocker!”: Sam Raimi and the Coens go on a “Crimewave” Sam Raimi's collaboration with the Coen Brothers is an infamous disasterpiece, but there are nuggets of insight to be found.
Reviews Great British Baking Show Episode 3 Recap: “Bread Week” By: Ashley Lara Things don't quite pan out as you expect, with soda bread and plaques galore.
Reviews “Charm City Kings” is revved up and almost ready By: Matt Cipolla Angel Manuel Soto's tale of Baltimore dirt bikers has all the right ingredients, but it rides the clutch too often.
Reviews “The Right Stuff” is grounded, intricate space-race docudrama By: Clint Worthington Disney+ and Nat-Geo re-adapt the tale of the early days of the Space Race into a mature, grounded astronaut drama.