Consecration
Religion and horror have long been a potent combination. By playing upon and twisting the traditions and rituals that many people have at least some passing knowledge of, a religious [...]
Knock at the Cabin
The lone cabin in the woods has become something of a hoary horror device. Most famous in the Evil Dead films, it has become enough of a formula that it [...]
Living
Remakes are a film tradition almost as old as filmmaking itself, with Georges Melies remaking a Lumiere brothers short, both made in 1896. While it would seem most worthwhile to [...]
The Son
Films portraying characters with mental illness are a common occurrence. While often clumsy in such portrayals in the past, writers and directors have, on the whole, gotten better over time [...]
Sick
Nearly three years removed from the start of the COVID-19 lockdowns, more and more films are including the pandemic in their storytelling. This goes for dramas like last year’s The [...]
The Whale
Stories of loss are a constant in film, as they are in life. At their best, films dealing with these topics can inform and enlighten audiences - can touch them [...]
Nanny
There have been many films about the experiences of immigrants coming to the United States. While most are dramas, they have run the gamut of tone and genre. In her [...]
Emancipation
The deplorable history of slavery in the United States has been the focus of many films over the years. The films have been of varying quality, and there have also [...]
Good Night Oppy
From the earliest days, Man has looked to the skies and wondered what is out there. As technology advanced, humans have been able to travel first to orbit around the [...]
The Inspection
The autobiographical, or at least semi-autobiographical, film has been a hot topic in the last few years. From Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir films and Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma, to this year’s [...]