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09/05/202409/08/2024inReviewsby Kimber Myers4 min read

Review: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

The year’s second-best sequel with a sandworm is a return to form for Tim Burton.

09/04/202409/03/2024inLooking Backby Zach Vasquez5 min read

The Reality of the Reality: Gena Rowlands in Opening Night

The late, great Gena Rowlands crafts one of her finest and most complex performances as an actor under the influence

09/03/202409/03/2024inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Will DiGravio5 min read

A Descent into the American Cellar: Arsenic and Old Lace at 80

Cary Grant shows off his acrobatic skills in Frank Capra’s ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’, which turns 80 this month. Here’s a look at this masterful blend of screwball comedy and dark satire.

09/03/202409/04/2024inReviews, VODepthsby Josh Bell5 min read

VODepths: What to See (and Avoid) on Demand This Week

This week’s minor VOD releases feature a documentary filmed inside a video game, a Kiwi comedy about psychic warfare, and the unfortunate return of Uwe Boll. First Shift (VOD and select theaters August 30): Notoriously inept provocateur Uwe Boll announced his retirement from filmmaking in 2016, but he returned with a movie in his native […]

08/30/202408/28/2024inClassic Corner, Happy Birthday, Looking Backby Carmen Paddock5 min read

Classic Corner: The Third Man

When Carol Reed’s classic thriller unspooled in London cinemas 75 years ago this week, it gripped viewers with its cynical view of a war that was still quite fresh in the mind.

08/29/202408/28/2024inReviewsby Kimber Myers4 min read

Review: The Deliverance

The reality of racism is the real horror in this dreadful demon possession movie.

08/28/202408/28/2024inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Jeremy Herbert5 min read

The All-American Monkey’s Paw: Bob Clark’s Deathdream at 50

Four months before ‘Black Christmas’ invented the modern slasher, director Bob Clark dragged a much older kind of horror story through the foxholes of Vietnam to even more disturbing effect.

08/27/202408/26/2024inLooking Backby Craig D. Lindsey5 min read

Harvey’s Hellhole: The Miramax Misdventures of Gena Rowlands

The recently-departed actress’s four films for Miramax in the mid-to-late 1990s weren’t among her crowning achievements, but they also showed that she never phoned it in.

08/27/202408/26/2024inDisc/Streaming Guides, Reviewsby Jason Bailey18 min read

The Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, T-Blockers, Not a Pretty Picture, and More

Our bi-weekly look at the best new titles on Blu-ray, 4K, and your subscription streaming services.

08/26/202408/25/2024inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Audrey Fox4 min read

How Mary Poppins Allowed Julie Andrews to Get Oscars Revenge

The charming Julie Andrews may have a reputation for being essentially a piece of confectionery in human form, but that doesn’t mean she wasn’t capable of delivering the most genteel burn in awards speech history.