‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Wildly Rocks Multiple Worlds
In a world where everybody knows that Peter Parker is Spider-Man, universes are bound to go crazy, and that makes Spider-Man: No Way Home fantastic entertainment.
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‘Petite Maman’ Director Céline Sciamma on Liberating Childhood
Director Céline Sciamma talks with PopMatters about exploring inequality in the adult/child relationship with her gentle and beguiling fantasy, Petite Maman.
Rod Serling Undermines the American Dream with the Stories in ‘Night Gallery’
Existential fear about post-war American masculinity is dragged into disturbing light in Rod Serling’s dark tales of the American Dream, Night Gallery.
Fantasia 2021: Fear Is a Blessing in Spanish Vampire Fantasy ‘All the Moons’
Legarreta’s ‘All the Moons’, premiering at Fantasia 2021, penetrates the infantile fantasy of immortality to remind us that fear is not a curse.
Juran’s ‘Jack the Giant Killer’ and Bass’ ‘The Daydreamer’ Are Quality Children’s Films
Children’s films Jack the Giant Killer(1962) and The Daydreamer (1966) provide mindful escapism to viewers.
Disney’s ‘Cruella’ Is a Derivative Yet Brilliant Pastiche
Craig Gellispe’s ‘Cruella’ uses jaw-dropping fashion with stunning ingenuity to tell this classic tale of descent into madness.
René Clair’s ‘It Happened Tomorrow’ Is the First Great Film About Time Paradoxes
Meant to divert wartime audiences with sheer escapism, René Clair’s ‘It Happened Tomorrow’ dives into a past where tomorrow looks troublesome.
Paul Leni’s Haunting ‘Waxworks’ Comes to Life in This Restoration
Paul Leni’s silent film Waxworks (1924) is a brilliantly acted, engaging, and exhilarating example of German Expressionism on film.
The One Life of Two Women in Jacques Rivette’s ‘Céline and Julie Go Boating’
Céline and Julie Go Boating transcends its mystic device of hijacked cinéma verité to present an authentic idea of truth in the contrived world of celluloid.
On Apes, Racism, and Other Shoddy Scams in 1930 African Adventure Film, ‘Ingagi’
Restored ‘Ingagi’ (1930) is an important influential film fit for neither man nor beast.
Marcell Jankovics’ Animated ‘Son of the White Mare’ Goes Behind the Beyond
Beautifully restored Hungarian animation film, Son of the White Mare, is enchanting.
Chabrol Dives into Time-Warping Fantasy with ‘Alice ou la dernière fugue’
Using Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as the basis for his film, Claude Chabrol essays a woman's metaphysical journey into fear in his fantasy-themed Alice ou la dernière fugue.
