Review: Lady Macbeth (2016) ★★★★
It’s difficult to say what kind of film Lady Macbeth is, though its aspirations are readily apparent. On the surface,
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Review: Headwinds (Des vents contraires, 2011) ★★★★
Headwinds, directed by Jalil Lespert, is primarily a story about loss, and the unforeseen difficulties of living with a loved-one’s
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Review: A Cure for Wellness (2016) ★½
Director Gore Verbinksi’s A Cure for Wellness will immediately draw comparisons to Shutter Island (Martin Scorsese, 2010), a film that
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Review: XX (2017) ★★½
XX is one of the few (possibly the only) horror anthologies written and directed by female filmmakers and focusing on
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Review: Valley of Love (2015) ★★★
One of the most interesting things about Valley of Love is the insertion of French actors into distinctly American locales.
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Review: Things to Come (L’Avenir, 2016) ★★★★★
Things to Come is a French-German philosophical drama film, written and directed by Mia Hansen-Love, about a brilliant educator coping
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Review: The Windmill (2016) ★½
The Windmill (also released as The Windmill Massacre) is a 2016 Dutch horror/drama film from director Nick Jongerius. The story
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Review: Train to Busan (2016)
South Korea has become a powerhouse in the horror and horror-thriller genre over the last decade and a half. There
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Review: 20 Centimeters (20 Centímetros, 2005) ★★★★½
When first introduced to 20 Centimeters, I was understandably skeptical. A musical about a narcoleptic transgender woman with a 20-centimeter
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Strike (1925) Analysis: Eisenstein’s Politics of Montage
Originally published May 10, 2017. Substantially updated September 2026. What I remembered most about Sergei Eisenstein’s Strike was not its
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Review: Les Invites de Mon Pere (2010) ★★★½
Les Invites de Mon Pere, or My Father’s Guests, is a 2010 French comedy film, written and directed by Anne
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Review: Kung Fury (2015) ★★★½
Kung Fury is a Swedish short film (with a runtime of about 30 minutes) written, directed by, and starring David
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Review: Mother’s Day (1980) a film by Charles Kaufman
Mother’s Day (1980), written and directed by Charles Kaufman (brother of Troma co-founder Lloyd Kaufman), tells the story of three
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Review: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) ★★
There is something to be said for any film that takes risks. And in a sense, every film production takes
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Review: Grabbers (2012) ★★★
Grabbers (2012) is an Irish horror-comedy pub film, written and directed by Jon Wright. The story follows an alcoholic policeman,
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Nosferatu (1922) Review: Plague, Shadows, and the Birth of Screen Horror
F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu remains visually haunting more than a century later, even when its uneven silent narrative struggles to match its images.
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Creep (2004) Review: A London Underground Horror That Loses Its Nerve
This review was originally published on April 9th, 2017. It was substantially updated on September 9th, 2026. Christopher Smith’s Creep
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