Beyond a brief cameo from Lin Shaye as Elise, the soft reset for the Insidious franchise removes the Lambert family from the proceedings, taps yet…
In their book The British B Film, writers Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane describe Bond of Fear, an underseen and worthwhile low-budget crime curio from…
The advent of digital cinematography has been both a blessing and a curse in the history of cinema. For one, it’s made film productions far…
History has always been a dumping ground for those in power. It’s littered with, as the affectless narrator in Chris Marker’s 1983 cine-travelogue Sans Soleil…
“As Rotterdam burns, they study Sanskrit verb forms,” is how one iteration of the famous proverb goes. This version of the maxim targets scholars with…
It makes sense that an author like Enid Blyton might enjoy a resurgence in popularity in times like these. War, political turmoil, the looming threat…
It feels like many horror films in recent years begin and end in the pitch meeting. A kooky premise is introduced, funding is secured, and…
A recurring image from Shatara Michelle Ford’s Dreams in Nightmares calls to mind John Ford. In The Searchers, the darkness that frames the bookend shots…