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The V/H/S series has morphed into a yearly ritual for horror fans that love the anthology format. This year, that format continues with five stories (and a sixth frame narrative) that are all written and directed by up-and-coming horror filmmakers. If you don't know what goes into a V/H/S movie,
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We watched The Furious as part of Beyond Fest at American Cinematheque. You can check out the full schedule here. Every now and then, a martial arts movie comes along and wows audiences with its innovations or the audacity of its choreography and set pieces. Enter the Dragon (1973) influenced a
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I watched Dust Bunny as part of Beyond Fest at American Cinematheque. You can check out the full schedule here. Every once in a while, a movie idea comes out of nowhere and makes you go "damn, why didn't I think of that?". In the 2020's there have been a couple, mixing vampires and moonshine like
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I watched Shelby Oaks as part of Beyond Fest at American Cinematheque. You can check out the full schedule here. Shelby Oaks is a wild movie through and through. It's definitely creepy and the story behind how the movie was made isn't creepy, but still just as improbable. It comes from YouTube
Almost Popular is the latest indie coming-of-age movie capturing the chaos, humor, and awkwardness of high school. Centered on two best friends determined to be “cool,” the film takes viewers through a wild ride of buying fake social media followers, hiring a personal “coolness coach,” and
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To capture the subtle violences of late-stage capitalism, it turns out it takes a director skilled with the portrayal of violence, Park Chan-wook, in his exceptional new outing No Other Choice. We live in one of the worst, and most transparently idiotic, eras in the history of capitalism. Layoff
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Getting Daniel-Day Lewis to come out of retirement isn't something anyone thought was possible. Then again, judging by how the actor has framed his previous announcement after 2018s' Phantom Thread, he never meant to give anyone the impression that he'd officially called it quits. What cannot be
A new Shane Black movie is a momentous occasion. Play Dirty is the first movie that he's written or directed since 2018's The Predator. For fans of his, I'll cut to the chase, Play Dirty is a return to form for the prolific writer/director. Play Dirty stars Mark Wahlberg as Parker, LaKeith
We've had haunted house movies. Sure, but have we had a haunted van movie? That's what Passenger amounts to at its most distilled form. This is a horror movie about a demonic force (the opposite of Saint Christopher) that has been chasing and killing travelers for hundreds of years. Basically, the
Magnificently rendered and beautifully shot, Samurai and the Prisoner is endlessly entertaining even as it sprawls about the walls of the castle and keeps its measured, somber approach. It blends a classic murder mystery with historical epic, which is a strange combination that someone only as
Though marital arts action cinema is vast and varied, it is rare for one to elevate the genre and push it forward. There have been few recently - The Raid comes to mind, and while not technically "martial arts" I'd argue John Wick counts - that feel as if something new and special is happening.
