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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Metzger’s Women: Gender Representations and Visual Abstraction in ’60s Sexploitation
In the years following the 1948 Paramount Case, independent cinema gained a competitive edge in the United States. As the
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Ghost in the Shell (2017) Review: A Beautiful but Hollow Cyberpunk Remake
Originally published April 4th, 2017. Substantially revised September 8th, 2026. Rupert Sanders’ Ghost in the Shell has an excellent science-fiction
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Sherlock Jr. (1924) Review: Buster Keaton and the Dream of Cinema
Silent films don’t always work for me. I can admire their historical importance while feeling that I am completing an
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Politics in Horror: American Anxieties Play Out on Screen
It is not new or revolutionary to connect the political and social realities of our times to films that we
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Sex and the Creation of Horror in It Follows
Since the earliest days of horror films, sex has been a key component of the genre. Sometimes the sexual content
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Cinematography and Style in Rebel Without a Cause
Very few films, even today, accurately portray the complexities of teenage life. It is an age group with which it
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Analysis: Confession of a Child of the Century
Sylvie Verheyde’s 2012 film, Confession of a Child of the Century, based on Alfred de Musset’s 1836 semi-autobiographical novel, tells
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