‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ Finds and Makes Meaning in the Mundane
Ben Whishaw achieves something close to dialectical mesmerism in Peter Hujar’s Day; his performance is simultaneously monumental and mundane.
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‘Die My Love’ Is An Act of Self-Destruction
Die My Love is about destruction and the tearing down of things including, sadly, the film itself.
‘Lighthouse’ Shines Amidst B-Movie Trappings
At a brisk 60 minutes, Lighthouse gains much mileage out of its limited stretch of soured romance, infidelity, and conjugal drama.
‘Promise Her Anything’ Leaves Us Holding the Baby
In Hollywood’s eternal battle between the puritan and the prurient, Promise Her Anything shows the puritan still holds the whip. Oh, baby.
Three Japanese Horror Classics Haunted by Women’s Agony
If there’s an undercurrent throughout the Japanese horror in Daiei Gothic Vol. 2, it’s how women’s suffering is so embedded in Japanese folklore.
12 Horror Movies That Burrow Into Our Psyches
These 12 psyche-burrowing, Halloween-perfect horror movies indulge our damned desire to explore the dark inner recesses of our selves and society.
How Vampires Became Rock Stars
The mythical creature of ancient folklore relentlessly feeds on our creative works, and through generations, we willingly succumb to the vampire made rock star.
Why Found Footage Horror Movies Keep Creeping Back
In an era when cameras dictate and distort our perception, found-footage horror movies keep creeping back into our never-wholly-real, uncanny world.
Horror Movie ‘New Group’ Collapses on Itself
With the artful subtlety of an SNL sketch, New Group is a sophomoric B-horror that splits tedious humor with the utterly stupid political convictions of a preteen.
‘Friday the 13th: Part III’ and the Third Dimension of the Incel
In Friday the 13th: Part III, Jason Voorhees’ evolving behavior hints at disturbing autonomy and sexual aggression that, in today’s parlance, we deem “incel”.
A Legendary Keith Jarrett Performance Highlights ‘KÖLN 75’
KÖLN 75 tells the story of a music-obsessed German teenager who overcame many obstacles to produce the most legendary concert by pianist Keith Jarrett.
Gothic Nightmare ‘Malpertuis’ Seems Tailored for Orson Welles
In Harry Kümel’s newly restored, surreal gothic horror Malpertuis, Orson Welles gives a memorably cantankerous performance as a dying man bequeathing his estate to those he utterly loathes