Review: As The Earth Turns (1938) ★★★½
Not to be confused with the 1933 novel and 1934 film of the same name, As The Earth Turns (1938)
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12 Marxist Films for Philosophy Students
Originally published July 13, 2020. Substantially updated August 2026. Marxism has had a long relationship with cinema, stretching from the
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Review: Most Beautiful Island (2017) ★★★½
There’s a pervasive fear of the rich among us, the regular folk. This fear works its way into the horror
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Review: The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (2011)
I don’t usually write about short films, but as a diehard Ari Aster fan, I felt the need to review
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The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014) Review: Dementia as Horror
Jill Larson is the best reason to watch The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014). She makes Deborah convincing as a
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Review: Claire’s Camera (2017) ★★★½
As an avid fan of Isabelle Huppert, I can say with confidence that she (and many great talents) don’t always
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Review: Les Beaux Jours (Bright Days Ahead, 2013) ★★★
There’s a long history of films suggesting that the French cinema has a mild obsession with extramarital love and sex.
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Review: The Unnamable (1988) ★
No one said it was easy to adapt H.P. Lovecraft to film, but the people behind The Unnamable (1988) make
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Review: Gwen (2018) ★★★½
When I finished watching William McGregor’s Gwen (2018), I wasn’t quite sure how I felt about it. Fast-forward a few
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Review: Society (1989) ★★
The “body horror genre” holds a strange place in the hearts of both film theorists and genre fanatics. Painting with
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Review: The Cassandra Crossing (1976) ★½
In light of the Coronavirus pandemic, streaming platforms have seen a significant uptick in viewers searching for virus disaster films
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Review: Home (2008) ★★★★½
Home (2008) offers a unique view of a family’s collective mental breakdown in the face of change. Similarly, films like
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Review: Oh Lucy! (2017) ★★★★
As a former ESL teacher, it’s hard not to laugh at the cynical truths of Atsuko Hirayanagi’s directorial debut, Oh
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Review: Nancy (2018) ★★★★
It wasn’t so long ago that the concept of an “online persona” didn’t even exist. Before the Internet, maintaining a
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Review: The Tunnel (2011) ★★½
Australia has produced a number of horror films throughout the late 2000s and early 2010s that far exceeded expectations. The
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Arrival (2016): Will We Understand Aliens When (If) They Arrive?
How many civilizations are there in our galaxy? According to the Drake equation, written in 1961 by American astrophysicist Frank
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Desire (2017) Review: Beautiful, Erotic, and Controversial
Diego Kaplan’s Desire transforms sexual jealousy and sibling rivalry into a beautiful, excessive, and deeply provocative Argentine melodrama.
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