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.
Reviews In “The Cleansing Hour,” online fame is the greatest evil By: Matt Cipolla Damien LeVeck's adaptation of his own short film takes a sharp premise and pads it out to feature-length.
Reviews “Books of Blood” is more slog than scares By: Theo Estes Brannon Braga taps into Clive Barker's horror anthology, but the end result fails to live up to its reputation.
Reviews Thank u, “neXt,” for bringing nothing new to the table By: Tim Stevens John Slattery solves crimes as a mad scientist genius in FOX's creaky, familiar police procedural.
Reviews Welcome to the Blumhouse: “Black Box”/”The Lie” offer grounded scares By: Clint Worthington Blumhouse and Amazon Prime kick off their anthology series with a pair of intriguing domestic chillers.
Features “The Evil Dead” remains Sam Raimi’s best DIY triumph Sam Raimi's breakthrough feature is still a gory good time of cartoon logic and every bodily fluid in the books.
Anniversaries “Dancer in the Dark” at 20: A haunting swan song that’s complicated to love By: Theo Estes Despite on-set conflict, Lars von Trier’s collaboration with Björk is still emotionally devastating and superb two decades later.
Features In celebration of horrific bodies: Disability & the films of David Cronenberg How the body horror of David Cronenberg helped me come to terms with my own disability.
Columns P.S.H. I Love You: Avoid the trip to “Cold Mountain” Philip Seymour Hoffman does his level best to elevate Anthony Minghella's Oscar-friendly Miramax Western, but even he can't save it.