El Rey Del Once (2016), An Intimate Look at Jewish Life in Buenos Aires
El Rey Del Once (2016) is an Argentine film about a Jewish thirty-something who returns to his home neighborhood in
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A Philosophical Approach to Cinema
Review
Shrew’s Nest (2014), A Violent Case of Agoraphobia in 1950s Spain
It’s always irksome when filmmakers use sexual trauma as the basis for violence and bloodshed. Yes, sexual abuse (especially in
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Review: The Isle (2019), Atmospheric Horror Meets Salty Sea Tales
For me, the siren is one of the most interesting of all the sailor mythologies. Sirens are the beautiful, ethereal
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Frankenhooker (1990), Low-Budget Body Horror That Aims to Offend
With a name like Frankenhooker, you pretty much know what you’re getting. It’s not going to offer a progressive view
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Martyrs (2008), A Terrifying, Difficult, and Painful French Masterpiece
It is very, very rare that I feel genuinely horrified while watching a horror movie. I might feel my pulse
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Review: Der Bunker (2015), Where Humor, Horror, and Surrealism Collide
If you were to explain the plot of Nikias Chryssos’ Der Bunker (2015) to a friend, they might think you
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Review: Your Color (2021), A Spirited Look at Race and Ambition
Too often, films about race devolve into familiar and shallow territory. We are not given more than a surface view
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Review: Caveat (2020), A Fresh Take On Claustrophobic Horror
Caveat (noun) — A warning of specific stipulations, conditions, or limitations. Irish cinema has a long and storied history, but
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Asylum (1972), The “Best” Horror Anthology of All Time
Though it offers up very few real scares, Asylum (1972) might be the greatest horror anthology film of all time.
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Review: Marie Antoinette 1938, an American Mockery of French History
Few films embody Hollywood’s inability to capture a historical period (or figure) like W. S. Van Dyke’s Marie Antoinette 1938.
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Howard Original (2021), A Mixed Bag of Film Industry Critique
The makers of Howard Original (2021), Extraordinary Pictures, put out the following warning for audiences: The film is a commentary
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Train to Busan 2: Peninsula (2020)
The follow-up to everyone’s favorite tear-jerker zombie movie has proven that the makers of Train to Busan 2: Peninsula are
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Review: The Other Lamb (2019), a Mind-Bending Cult Movie
The Other Lamb (2019) is full of symbolism and jarring visuals depicting a deranged cult leader and the women under
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Review: I Used to Go Here (2020), a Disjointed Trip Down Memory Lane
I Used to Go Here perfectly captures the small peculiarities of college life and the nostalgia of returning to one’s
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Review: Emelie (2015), a Rare Example of Great Child Acting
Though horror and thriller movies about children usually fall flat, Emelie excels by allowing the child actors to react to
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A Serbian Film (2010), The Most Disturbing Movie Ever Made
Many horror films take acts of intimacy and make them horrific; A Serbian Film (2010) does the same, but cranks
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Review: The Invisible Eye (2010), a Study of Repression
Authoritarian governments have always come about from fear and intimidation. Fear has even led people to commit countless atrocities. However,
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