Think about these: Annie Hall, Sleeper, Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Manhattan, and Purple Rose of Cairo. Are you smiling? Are you basking…
I love Mumblecore! Well, I hate the word “Mumblecore,” but I love many of the films that get this label. These are films from young…
More vampires? Really? Is that what we need? You can’t swing a bat at the multiplex these days without hitting one, though it could be…
You think your life is hard? Sure, we all have problems, but Precious has it worse than most of us. An illiterate Harlem teenager with…
A postmodern mash-up of horror movie fun, The House of the Devil is a fascinating, sometimes frustrating homage to ’70s horror films, set firmly in…
Zombie movies are a dime a dozen and, at this point, most U.S. citizens have either written, starred in, or been an extra in a…
Based on the writings of the late David Foster Wallace, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men is a movie for people who like to listen to books…
Where do women fit in horror films? In a world dominated by Michael Myers, Leatherface, and Jigsaw, how can women identify with the onscreen action…
Orphan is a nasty, unpleasant movie, filled with predictable plot turns, one-dimensional characters, and some really lousy dialogue — but it’s also a lot of…
Should you shell out 10 clams to see Blood: The Last Vampire? Well, that depends on what you’re looking for. Solid acting, remotely believable dialogue,…
Drag Me to Hell has everything you could want from a movie of its title. This includes, but is not limited to, a vomiting corpse,…