Amelia’s Children
If you are a horror fan, you are probably conscious of the contrasts between American and foreign genre films. Mainstream Hollywood productions frequently offer a commercial look and feel, while [...]
Bob Marley: One Love
Since the enormous box office success of Bohemian Rhapsody, the Oscar-winning biopic of the band Queen, biopics have seen a resurgence. One biopic that has been in the works for [...]
Rustin
With the cinematic awards season in full swing and the highly-contested 96th Academy Awards just weeks away, films like Rustin are getting timely releases and more than adequate media attention. [...]
Lisa Frankenstein
The Frankenstein retellings are still in full swing following 2023's The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster and Birth/Rebirth. This time, with Lisa Frankenstein, acclaimed indie filmmaker Diablo Cody lends [...]
The Peasants
Continuing the much-valued painted animation technique that was used previously with Loving Vincent (2017), married directors DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman deliver a despairing, sometimes grueling, and tiring adaptation of [...]
American Star
The hitman may be the most overused figure in cinema, particularly in contrast to what hired killers turn out to be in the news stories we really hear about, who [...]
Freud’s Last Session
Freud’s Last Session, the new film from director Matt Brown (2015’s The Man Who Knew Infinity) occupies a strange filmic space. Like Brown’s previous film, it is based on real life [...]
I.S.S.
Taking a more dramatic approach than having the same old routine narrative of astronauts discovering threatening extraterrestrial life and dying off slowly, I.S.S. deserves some praise for coming up with [...]
The Book of Clarence
The biblical epic was a Hollywood mainstay decades ago, particularly in the 1950s and early 1960s. The genre has largely fallen out of favor, with religious films now largely the [...]
Destroy All Neighbors
The first significant Shudder original release of 2024 could be the year's most off-the-wall horror movie. Destroy All Neighbors hits the streamer today from director Josh Forbes, an experienced music [...]