Jack Clayton’s The Innocents is one of cinema’s greatest ghost stories, a work of sustained dread,…
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Reviews of films from various genres
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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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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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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House of Bamboo (1955) review: Samuel Fuller’s Stylish and Unconventional Noir Set in Postwar Tokyo
Samuel Fuller could do a lot with very little. His writing was tight, his filmmaking was…
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The Last of the Mohicans (1992) – Michael Mann’s Sweeping Historical Epic of Love, War, and Survival
Michael Mann is a filmmaker everyone instinctively associates with crime thrillers like Thief (1981), Heat (1995),…
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The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) Review – A Gloriously Over-the-Top 1990s Action Thriller That Deserves Its Cult Classic Status
Many of Shane Black’s scripts have become cult classics, including The Monster Squad (1987), The Last…
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