Guide: Modern SlayersThe Descent (Neil Marshall, UK, 2005)
Outside of the occasional action blockbuster or turgid documentary about the history of women’s sports, there are few spaces for...
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November 7, 2024
ReviewThe Substance (Coralie Fargeat, UK/USA/France, 2024)
The Substance opens with its simplest, most natural image: a raw chicken’s egg, the yolk yellow and dewy, lying flat on a white...
September 21, 2024
ReviewThe Origin of Evil (Sébastien Marnier, France/Canada, 2022)
It’s often said that you can pick your friends but not your family. Yet in an age of mass communication, it’s never been easier...
October 8, 2023
Guide: Core HorrorThe Fly (David Cronenberg, USA, 1986)
It’s an unfortunate fact of life: even super-smart women sometimes end up with terrible boyfriends. This, along with a very different...
October 31, 2022
InterviewLucile Hadžihalilović
Tooth fairy: the director of Earwig discusses her distinctive treatment of adolescence, narrative, and silence.
August 12, 2022
ReviewYou Are Not My Mother (Kate Dolin, Ireland, 2021)
Stories told within the framework of family drama can sometimes resemble folklore—digressive, dark, suspiciously elliptical...
March 25, 2022
InterviewBrad Anderson
The director of Session 9 recalls the filmic inspirations for the project, and how it probes sides of life that are uncomfortable and unseen.
October 31, 2021
Lucile Hadžihalilović
You Are Not My Mother (Kate Dolin, Ireland, 2021)
Stories told within the framework of family drama can sometimes resemble folklore—digressive, dark, suspiciously elliptical, patent fabrications...
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