Concrete Utopia (2023): Housing, Class, and the Ethics of Exclusion
This essay contains major spoilers. In Concrete Utopia, an earthquake destroys Seoul but leaves one piece of the old world remarkably
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The Scandalous Lady W (2015), A Beautiful but Shallow Scandal
I’m surprised that The Scandalous Lady W didn’t attract more attention. It has Natalie Dormer at the height of her Game
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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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Hamnet (2025), A Film By Any Other Name…
Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet (2025) is made with genuine care for its story; I just never fully understood why it’s about William Shakespeare.
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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: Victor/Victoria (1982)
Blake Edwards’ Victor/Victoria is built around a joke that becomes more complicated the longer you think about it. Victoria Grant
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The Last Showgirl (2024), An Interesting Subject in Search of a Film
The Last Showgirl (2024) is not really a story so much as an arrangement of melancholy poses. Pamela Anderson walks
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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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Review: Friendship (2024), When Cringe Comedy Turns Sinister
Tim Robinson is at his funniest when a character realizes that he has violated an unwritten social rule and responds
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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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Review: The Substance (2024), Bubblegum Body Horror for the GLP-1 Era
Yes, I realize I’m late to the party. For quite a while, I actively declined to watch The Substance (2024). The
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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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