An Atmospheric & Terrifying Gem

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An Atmospheric & Terrifying Gem

Alien: Romulus, directed by Fede Álvarez, is a thrilling new chapter in the Alien franchise, deftly balancing the elements of science fiction, action, and horror that have defined this iconic series. Serving as a standalone interquel between Alien (1979) and…

Nicole Kidman’s Electric Erotic Thriller Goes Far Beyond Fun

It's easy to be excited by a thriller, especially an erotic one. The genre is designed to elicit that response in us. But with Babygirl, writer-director Halina Reijn has delivered an erotic thriller so confident and so fully formed that…

Petra Costa’s Pulse-Pounding Documentary About Brazil’s Anti-Democratic Evangelicals Is Gloriously Cinematic [Telluride]

It might be challenging for some viewers to take activists seriously when they are speaking in tongues. But that is exactly what Petra Costa does in her edgy yet empathetic documentary ‘Apocalypse in the Tropics.’ Overlapping somewhat with the events…

‘Babygirl’ Review – Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson Drama Is No ‘May December’

Dutch actress-turned-director Halina Reijn's follow-up to Bodies Bodies Bodies, Babygirl, is a provocative portrait of power struggles within a highly inappropriate relationship. The A24 release, starring Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson (Triangle of Sadness), is already positioned as awards bait…

‘Pachinko’ Season 2 Episode 2 Recap

Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Pachinko Season 2 Episode 2. Apple TV+'s Pachinko has only premiered two episodes in its second season, but it is already clear that the series is continuing to elevate the genre. With…

Dovecote Featured, Reviews Film Threat

Film is art, and as a visual medium, it speaks volumes with the images projected on the screen, often without a single spoken word. Marco Perego’s Dovecote speaks to the lives of incarcerated women in this haunting short film. Dovecote…

A Bunch of Wasted Potential

The Union, directed by Julian Farino and penned by Joe Barton and David Guggenheim, aims to blend the thrill of espionage with the light-heartedness of comedy. Unfortunately, it largely misses the mark, leaving audiences with a disjointed and ultimately unsatisfying…

The Iconic Underdog Sports Film Ages Surprisingly Well After 40 Years

Following the success of Sylvester Stallone's Rocky, one of the biggest trends of the 1980s became underdog sports stories, with one of the more iconic being The Karate Kid. Helmed by original Rocky director John G. Avildsen, the 1984 teen…

Ralph Fiennes Smolders In Slow Burn Vatican Thriller [Telluride]

TELLURIDE – If you know anything about the long history of the Catholic Church you know that it can be messy, cutthroat, and political. And that’s just in the confines of the Vatican. It’s no surprise then, that the ritualistic…

Angelina Jolie’s Oscar Vehicle Sees Pablo Larrain Exquisitely Navel-Gazing Once More

Following Jackie and Spencer, Maria is Pablo Larraín's latest snapshot portrait of the publicly glamorous but privately tragic. And after Oscar nominations for Natalie Portman as Jacqueline Kennedy and Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana, one for Angelina Jolie as Maria…

‘Slingshot’ Review – Casey Affleck and Laurence Fishburne Sci-Fi Is Best When Bleak

A few months back, I saw the unrelentingly bleak yet still oddly beautiful 2018 science fiction film Aniara for the first time. An adaptation of an epic poem, it journeys through space with a large group of passengers fleeing an…

Hell Squad Featured, Reviews Film Threat

It’s camcorder dreams of endless screams with the superb shot-on-videotape slasher short Hell Squad, written and directed by Carter Bentley and Grayce Anne Mosier. Cheerleader hazing time! In order for new cheerleaders to be allowed on the squad, they have…

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