The Lighthouse (2019): an Intimate Portrait of Monochrome Mayhem
2023-07-22
Mythology and homoeroticism wash ashore.Continue Reading
Gothika (2003): Closing the Circle
2023-06-20
Of all the things it wants to be at once, a ghost story is the tackiest.Continue Reading
The Conversation (1974): Reversing the Peephole
2023-01-17
Surveillance technician has the tables turned on him. His peephole is reversed.Continue Reading
The Gift (2015): An Accidental Revenge?
2022-08-26
What qualifies as a twist comes as open to interpretation. I liked that involvement of “did he or did he not do it?”Continue Reading
The Omen (1976): The Weakest of The 70s Unholy Trinity of Supernatural Horrors
2022-08-25
Could you kill a child after learning who (or what) it was?Continue Reading
The Gift (2015)
2022-08-08
It elevates dialog above overt confrontation and cheap twists, and features everyday encounters packaged as the horror next door.Continue Reading
Unsane (2018): A Reintroduction to Steven Soderbergh
2022-01-04
Unsane wouldn’t be out of place on the Coens’ IMDb page. It could well be Soderbergh’s very own Burn after Reading.Continue Reading
The Terminator (1984): The Day Cameron Renounced Canada for Good
2021-06-20
The gun-toting fireworks, metal-on-metal mayhem categorically unmoor Cameron from all his Canadian sensibilities.Continue Reading
Green Room (2015) & Midsommar (2019): a Satisfying “Sophomore” Double Bill
2021-06-06
Both films survive the hype built up from the previous entry from each director.Continue Reading
