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Drop Dead Gorgeous: How an Unstreamable Cult Classic Made A Spectacle Out Of America

Drop Dead Gorgeous: How an Unstreamable Cult Classic Made A Spectacle Out Of America

The world didn’t deserve Drop Dead Gorgeous on its release, but we need the movie now more than ever.

ReviewsTaeler KallmertenJanuary 6, 2023Drop Dead Gorgeous, Lona Williams, Michael Patrick Jann, Dazed and Confused, Jennifer's Body, Jia Tolentino Comments

The Dream-Bird: Revisiting Brandon Cronenberg’s Modern Classic Possessor

The Dream-Bird: Revisiting Brandon Cronenberg’s Modern Classic Possessor

Real-world horror is processed into light banter among the educated and well-informed.

ReviewsMatthew SeidelDecember 5, 2022Brandon Cronenberg, Walter Benjamin, Possessor, Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbot, Karim Hussain, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sean Bean, David CronenbergComment

Todd Field's Tár - An obligation or necessity?

Todd Field's Tár - An obligation or necessity?

Todd Field’s films deserve the biggest screen possible.

ReviewsForest DeLozierNovember 21, 2022Tár, Todd Field, In The Bedroom, Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Little Children, Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei, Cate BlanchettComment

Pandorum: A Signal Boost

Pandorum: A Signal Boost

You’ve seen Alien, you’ve seen Event Horizon, but you haven’t seen anything like this.

ReviewsDavid SneeNovember 18, 2022Pandorum, Ben Foster, Dennis Quaid, Travis Malloy, Paul W.S. Anderson, Jeremy Bolt, Robert Kulzer, Christian AlvartComment

Saved: Shit! Fuck! God Damn!

Saved: Shit! Fuck! God Damn!

Are you ready to get down with G-O-D?

ReviewsKathryn BaileyNovember 14, 2022Saved!, Brian Dannelly, Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Caulkin, Patrick Fugit Comments

The Cloudy Comforts of Twister

The Cloudy Comforts of Twister

Twister brings me home.

ReviewsAlejandra MartinezNovember 9, 2022Twister, Jan de Bont, Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt, Jami Gertz, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Alan Ruck, Cary ElwesComment

Swimming with Alligators - The Dangerous Creatures of Wild Things

Swimming with Alligators - The Dangerous Creatures of Wild Things

There’s something hiding under the surface of Wild Things.

ReviewsMarcelo PicoNovember 7, 2022Wild Things, John McNaughton, Matt Dillon, Kevin Bacon, Neve Campbell, Denise Richards, Stephen PetersComment

Motives are Incidental, but Scream is Essential

Motives are Incidental, but Scream is Essential

Scream is so 1996 but it feels so good.

ReviewsKathryn BaileyOctober 28, 2022ScreamComment

Scared of Clowns? Blame The Chiodo Brothers

Scared of Clowns? Blame The Chiodo Brothers

We’re not clowning around when we say you need to see this movie.

ReviewsBailey MooreOctober 21, 2022Killer Klowns from Outer Space, special effects, The Chiodo brothersComment

How to watch Hausu: In This House, We Support Obayashi

How to watch Hausu: In This House, We Support Obayashi

Mind your manners when you’re in this Hausu.

ReviewsZiah GraceOctober 9, 2022House, Nobuhiko Obayashi, Hyperreal screeningComment

DON'T WORRY DARLING: The Victory Project Loses Big

DON'T WORRY DARLING: The Victory Project Loses Big

Believe me when I say, I sincerely wanted to like it.

ReviewsBaillee PerkinsOctober 7, 2022Don't Worry Darling, Olivia Wilde, Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, HorrorComment

BARBARIAN: AirBnB My Baby

BARBARIAN: AirBnB My Baby

I absolutely adore this new subgenre that combines highbrow and lowbrow horror into one grisly package.

ReviewsBaillee PerkinsOctober 6, 2022barbarian, Zach Cregger, Whitest Kids U Know, Justin LongComment

THE FACULTY: It made me thirsty

THE FACULTY: It made me thirsty

ReviewsJenni KayeOctober 25, 2019