You were lied to. Toni Erdmann is not a comedy. Sure, German director Maren Ade’s Oscar-nominated ode to fatherhood (and daughterhood) is...

I’ll be honest – 2016 was not my favorite year for film. While movies like American Honey, The Edge of Seventeen, Moonlight, and...

Is it possible to be a horror fan and not really enjoy most capital-h “Horror” movies? Well, let me back up for a second. I actually do...

Hallucinogenic body horror flick Antibirth is a stomach-roiling kaleidoscope of mindfuck terrors and shock-induced howls, an experience...

On March 8, 1971, at the burgeoning of the women’s liberation movement, several hundred young activists marched from an International...

If you have the opportunity to see Japanese animated drama film Only Yesterday this week, I implore you to do so, as it is a triumph of...

Another year, another Oscars. The 88th Academy Awards are just a day away and it’s a wide open race this spring for Best Picture. The...

In what circumstances is evil created? It’s a question many terrorism films attempt to answer, but few horror stories work to understand...

The question of male violence is at an impasse in the United States right now. With the growing prevalence of technology and social...

The crime of summer horseplay is enough to imprison the five Turkish sisters at the heart of Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s captivating but tepid...

I came to love the style of English Victorian writer Elizabeth Gaskell last June after completing Cranford, a seven-part BBC dramedy...

What if Harry Potter were a twenty-something tongue-tied twerp still nursing a childhood obsession with the Narnia books when suddenly...

Hail, Caesar! has all the joy of drinking diluted apple cider vinegar: there’s an undercurrent of mild bitterness, but none of the punch....

“I’ve got a golden ear, a silver tongue, and a pair of brass balls.” This glib pronouncement is how we meet Richie Finestra (Bobby...

Over his twenty-plus year career, Quentin Tarantino has established himself as the director to seek if you enjoy watching the...