Before his horror hit ‘The Black Phone,’ director Scott Derrickson broke into the mainstream with a fascinating combination of courtroom drama and possession thriller.
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Before his horror hit ‘The Black Phone,’ director Scott Derrickson broke into the mainstream with a fascinating combination of courtroom drama and possession thriller.
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In 1979 – less than two years after his death – the life of Elvis Presley was first brought to the (small) screen, by director John Carpenter and star Kurt Russell.
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With the Baz Luhrman biopic in theaters, we take a look at the many nonfiction attempts (and angles) to capture the essence of the King.
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George Stevens’ 1956 smash – now on 4K disc and HBO Max – is an epic of both the landscape and the soul.
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The new horror thriller offers up some striking visuals and compelling themes, but fumbles the execution.
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Peter Strickland is a true original – and his latest feature, unsurprisingly odd as it is, may also be his most approachable.
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An expansion of a trio of viral shorts is, surprisingly, one of the most profound and introspective films to come out of COVID isolation cinema.
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When three great ’50s sci-fi flicks were remade in the 1980s, their social and political subtext had shifted – in fascinating directions.
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Our mini-reviews of “Murder at Yellowstone City,” “Guidance,” “Granada Nights,” and more.
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If you were to ask a casual horror fan to name the first image that pops into their head when they hear the term ‘cosmic horror’, there’s a better than not chance their answer will be tentacles. We can thank two men for this. The first, and most obvious, is H.P. Lovecraft, the 20th century […]
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A look at this year’s NY-based multimedia fest, including mini-reviews of ‘The Integrity of Joseph Chambers,’ ‘Lynch/Oz,’ and more.
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Vincente Minnelli’s 1945 romance (now streaming on the Criterion Channel) is a delightful proto-‘Before Sunrise’ centered on two marvelous performers.
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