13 Films About the Meaning of Life
What makes a life worth living? Is it happiness, love, useful work, spiritual belief, artistic achievement, or simply the experience
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Blink Twice (2024), When Power Depends on Forgetting
This review contains major spoilers. Blink Twice (2024) is one of those films where I could feel the director enjoying how
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Review: Talk to Me (2022), When Grief Becomes an Addiction
Talk to Me (2022) understands that the most dangerous supernatural object isn’t necessarily one that forces itself on people. Sometimes it’s
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Between Boys: Friendship, Desire, and Violence in Super Dark Times
Near the end of Super Dark Times (2017), Zach tries to stop Josh with the one kind of speech the boys have
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Obsession (2026), Horrific Love Without Consent
I have a soft spot for horror films that clearly don’t have money to waste. When a filmmaker cannot rely
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Review: The Last House (2026) Climate Anxiety Turned Prepper Fantasy
The first half of The Last House (2026) brought back memories of the COVID lockdown for me. I was hunkered down in
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Faith, Control, and the Illusion of Choice in Heretic (2024)
This essay contains major spoilers. Scott Beck and Bryan Woods’ Heretic (2024) begins as a theological debate before gradually revealing that no
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No Safe Place: Queer Space, Religious Violence, and Survival in Leviticus
Most horror films generate fear by violating the boundary between a dangerous world and a supposedly protected interior. The killer
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Passenger (2026), A Few Good Scares Lost in a Bad Story
Passenger (2026) starts well. In fact, it starts well enough to make the rest of the film feel even more disappointing.
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Review: The Werewolf of Washington (1973), A Political Satire Without a Point
Political satire does not have to be subtle. Dr. Strangelove (1964) doesn’t pull any punches about its stance on militarism and the men
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Review: Aenigma (1987), A Forgotten Gem from Lucio Fulci
Lucio Fulci’s reputation rests largely on the films he made during his gore-soaked run in the late 1970s and early
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Review: Harold and Maude (1971)
Initial reactions Harold and Maude (1971) upon its release were mixed, and it’s not hard to understand why. Harold (Bud
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Review: 28 Years Later (2025), Danny Boyle’s Best Work in Years
As someone who thinks Trainspotting (1996) is one of the greatest films, if not the greatest film of all time,
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Criminally Insane (1975), Crazy Fat Ethel Lives Up to Her Name
I’ve been on a penchant of late. Starting with John Waters’ early work (and unfortunately, A Dirty Shame), my wife
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The Flood (2024), A Misogynistic Rewriting of French History
I like historical films to be as accurate to their respective times as possible. That said, I’m not a purist.
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Blade Runner 2049 on What Makes Us Human
Roughly 8 years after writing my review of Blade Runner 2049, I chose to revisit the film. Upon my second
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5 Mainstream Films That Make You Question Your Identity
The films I always return to are the ones that leave me staring at the ceiling at 2 AM, questioning
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