Anniversaries Inside the blood-soaked Gothic romance of “Crimson Peak” Guillermo del Toro's criminally overlooked ode to Daphne du Maurier turns five, and it's as potent as ever.
Reviews Doc shows how America failed to get COVID-19 “Totally Under Control” By: Oluwatayo Adewole Gibney's latest piece of docu-journalism is a sharp, but blinkered take Trump's COVID-era failings.
Features “The Quick and the Dead” is fast on the draw & a ton of fun Sam Raimi and Sharon Stone’s quickdraw revenger is stylish and skillfully crafted.
Reviews “Rebecca” is a glamorous vacation for the eyes By: Beau North Ben Wheatley's take on the Daphne du Maurier gothic romance doesn't surpass Hitchcock's, but it's a well-made mental getaway.
Filmmaker of the Month “Army of Darkness” turns “Evil Dead” into giddy fantasy slapstick Sam Raimi trades scares for slapstick in the thin-but-entertaining third entry in the Evil Dead series.
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.