Jack Clayton’s The Innocents is one of cinema’s greatest ghost stories, a work of sustained dread,…
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Last Year at Marienbad (1961): A Film That Makes You Question Everything You See
I’ve always been fascinated by filmmakers who trust their audiences to sit with uncertainty, and Alain…
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Caché (2005): Michael Haneke Turns a Chilling Mystery Into an Examination of Guilt and Denial
Caché is Michael Haneke doing what he does best: getting under your skin by delivering a…
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Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975): The Beautiful Terror of the Unknown
Peter Weir’s Picnic at Hanging Rock is one of those films that makes you wonder, ‘What…
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Carnival of Souls (1962): A Low-Budget Horror Film That Feels Like a Dreamlike Descent Into Isolation and Death
“The look of Ingmar Bergman and the feel of Cocteau” was Herk Harvey’s unlikely blueprint for…
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Manhunter (1986): Michael Mann’s Cold, Hypnotic Journey Into a Killer’s Mind
Michael Mann’s Manhunter gave us one of cinema’s most memorable villains, Hannibal Lecter, long before Anthony…
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15 Best Folk Horror Movies of the 21st Century
15 best folk horror movies of the 21st century: Folk horror has always felt a little…
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Apostle (2018): A Dark Detour Into Folk Horror from the Director of The Raid
Gareth Evans made his name with the brutal, breakneck action of The Raid films, so Apostle…
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November (2017): A Beautiful, Bizarre Journey Into Estonian Folklore
Some films are better when you know nothing about them before hitting play. November is one…
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The VVitch (2015): How Robert Eggers Turns Faith into a Nightmare
Looking back on The VVitch after nearly a decade, it’s safe to say that, thanks to…
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