Title: Stars at Noon Year: 2022 Director: Claire Denis Cast: Margaret Qualley, Joe Alwyn, Benny Safdie, Danny Ramirez Synopsis: An unlikely romance between a drifting American journalist (Qualley) and an elusive English businessman (Alwyn) strikes up amid rising political tensions...
The hey-day of independent film was in the late ‘80s and throughout the ‘90s with movies like Slacker, Metropolitan, Bottle Rocket, Do The Right Thing, and others. There was just something about this era of American filmmaking that was really...
Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Underworld U.S.A. originally ran as part of our TCM Classic Film Festival 2021 coverage. Samuel Fuller’s Underworld U.S.A. really stresses the world part of the title, building from its opening...
Movie Meltdown – What the Hell was Going On in the Bronx?! Join us as we venture into the grindhouse world of 1990: The Bronx Warriors directed by Enzo G. Castellari. And while we mistakenly get off at the wrong stop on...
Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of White God originally ran as a theatrical review. Have you ever found yourself musing, “You know, I liked that Rise of the Planet of the Apes, but...
Cary Solomon and Chuck Konzelman’s Nefarious purports to be a horror movie about spiritual warfare, perhaps trying to evoke The Exorcist and The Omen. Unlike those movies, however, this film is so devoid of frights, one wonders exactly how hard...
Movie Meltdown – The Adventures of Ghost Face The Meltdown Horror Club returns to ask – what’s your favorite scary movie… franchise? Listen as we discuss Scream 6 directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett. And as we discuss Jenna Ortega’s plans for...
Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Sabotage originally ran as a Criterion Prediction. Early Hitchcock films are a great deal of fun to watch, not only did he cut his teeth in...
In the most breathtaking scene in Albert Serra‘s Pacifiction (the competition for that title is fierce), a Frenchman in a cream-colored linen suit stands on a center console boat off the shore of Tahiti and watches the waves grow larger...
Just in time to celebrate spooky season, we’ve got our final episode of the year talking about David Bruckner’s reboot/legacy sequel, Hellraiser. Improving upon Clive Barker’s original in just about ever way — the puzzle box is an actual puzzle! —...