In Mexico, the Día de Muertos tradition celebrates life, but also the travels of the dearly departed. Here are three death-themed […]
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In the 35 years Gena Rowlands and John Cassavetes were married (from 1954 until his death in 1989), she starred in […]
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Like any good Gen Xer, I trace my love of horror movies to the made-for-TV movies of the 1970s. Inspired by […]
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In between Jamie Lee Curtis’ stints in the Halloween movies — after her character’s death in 2002’s Halloween: Resurrection and before […]
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The story in Oren Peli’s Paranormal Activity (2007) concerns a young San Diego couple, Micah and Katie, who set up a […]
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In 2018, social media fragility and the internalization of fears keep people trapped, much like the subjects of George A. Romero’s […]
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An interest in sex is common ground for most people, but not for me. There’s no onscreen depiction of sex that […]
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Jeremy Saulnier knows violence. The director of Hold the Dark (arriving on Netflix this week) makes movies filled with brutal, intense […]
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Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade and Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird have recently been praised for dealing seriously with their young female subjects, […]
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Some movies conjure up bittersweet recollections while emitting positive vibes. That’s all part of the cinematic experience — relating to subject […]
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Twenty years after Rounders’ release, the gambling narrative remains applicable in a world of post-20th-century hustlers. Written by the creative team […]
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Anarchic cartoons like the old Warner Bros. and Fleischer Studios shorts are always popular with children (even if many of them […]
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