Category: Film
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Harmony Korine is one of the very few truly transgressive filmmakers working today which makes him extra precious in the American landscape. Eschewing any semblance of traditional narrative form or structure, his movies are more like a series of vignettes within the lives of his characters, who are themselves outsiders. He is a poetic mystic…
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Death Becomes Her is the latest in the trend of non-musical films singing and dancing their way from celluloid to the stage. Even with the recent uptick in such adaptations, it’s certainly not a new idea: it’s been done many times, and it’s been done to great success. When I discovered the film by complete…
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I’m not going to lie and tell you that I went into House of Screaming Glass expecting a masterpiece. While the premise sounded pretty good, I thought the trailer was just okay, so I really didn’t know what to expect from this film. Would it end up being my new favorite movie of the year?…
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I have to be honest, I didn’t quite know what to expect from I Saw the TV Glow. The marketing didn’t give much away about the movie’s plot, so I only had a vague notion of what the film was about. But that was totally fine with me because in my eyes, the big draw…
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I’m a big fan of the Strangers franchise. Like many horror fans, I love the original 2008 film, and I even like the sequel, The Strangers: Prey at Night. So when I first heard that a reboot trilogy was in the works, I felt a bit conflicted. On the one hand, I’m always up for…
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It’s no secret that there are strange goings on within the perimeters of Skinwalker Ranch. The previous four seasons of The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch have provided staggering and irrefutable evidence of something. One thing that ranch owner Brandon Fugal has made clear time and time again is that he’s NOT saying there is clear-cut…
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If you’re a fan of bizarre mashups of fantasy, sci-fi, action, and comedy, you need to know about the Alienoid duology. The first film, Alienoid, is an absurdly fun time-jumping adventure that blends all four genres in just about the best way possible, but it doesn’t stand alone. It ends on a cliffhanger that cries…
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In the midst of preparing for the 2022 Fantasia Film Festival, one film stood out above many others. Fantasia always has its impressive share of science fiction, horror, and genre films, yet Vera Drew’s trans-superhero and metaphoric fable, The People’s Joker, was one that I, and I think a lot of other critics had at…
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When John Rosman’s New Life premiered at Fantasia last August, it was one of those movies I knew I wanted to see. I love science-fiction films, and this one was playing it pretty close to the chest, providing a very limited synopsis and only a couple of pictures to go on. JP Nunez won the…
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In an anomalous turn of events, it seems as if the History Channel realized audiences would feel a bit lackluster after Holy Cow and decided to make Season 5 Episode 3: Dead in the Water, jam-packed with excitement. As I mentioned in What’s Up?, The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch usually follows a structural pattern of…