Hal Ashby’s foul-mouthed favorite – now streaming on HBO Max – sports an iconic Jack Nicholson performance and an anti-authoritarian streak a mile wide.
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The satanic classic – now streaming on Paramount+ – wasn’t created in a vacuum. It was very much of its time, and a peek ahead from it.
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A spooky-season summary of three key films in the history of Japanese horror: “Onibaba,” “Kwaidan,” and “House.”
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A look at some of the highlights of this year’s online horror fest, including “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair,” “Name Above Title,” and “Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest.”
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This year’s installment of Austin’s genre film festival was a more muted affair, but there were still plenty of delights for horror and sci-fi fans.
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John Boorman’s 1972 backwoods thriller (now streaming on HBO Max) remains a potent and powerful work – a revenge movie with a twist.
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Bryan Forbes’s supernatural thriller – now streaming on HBOMax and The Criterion Channel – is moody, atmospheric, messy, and fascinating.
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A look back at the snow-capped, blood-spattered revenge epic, now streaming on HBO Max and The Criterion Channel.
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In his inaugural Pee-wee Herman feature, Paul Reubens carved out a comic character worthy of comparison to Chaplin’s Little Tramp.
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There are plenty of erotic films that purport to represent subcultures, but few are more accurate than Steven Shainberg’s Secretary. Released […]
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An in-depth look at the themes, nuances, and complexities of the iconic early-‘70s revenge series, starring the great Meiko Kaji.
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What a year it’s been. I have no jokes, no memes, just an impending sense of tentative relief that this festival […]
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Rob Reiner’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, released 30 years ago this week, remains a fascinating examination of creative work, fandom, and femininity.
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The 1990 comedy, released 30 years ago this week, is a holiday perennial and family favorite. So what are we to make of the intensity of its slapstick violence?
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On the 20th anniversary of its release, a look back at the astonishingly visceral, deeply felt performance by the great Ellen Burstyn.
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