Gabriadze: Unfriended (2014)
Without a doubt, Unfriended is the most formally innovative horror film I’ve seen since Paranormal Activity. Like Paranormal Activity, it uses cinema to represent media [...]
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Franz & Fiala: Ich Seh, Ich Seh (Goodnight Mommy) (2014)
Although there is no end of horror films about Nazi Germany, it’s rarer to find a contemporary horror film that probes the lingering effects of the Nazi mindset as [...]
Moore: The Omen (2006)
While the 00s undoubtedly witnessed its own unique brand of horror franchises, such as the Saw, Hostel and Paranormal Activity films, there was also a renewed serial gesture [...]
Montesi & Otherin-Girard: The Omen IV: The Awakening (1991)
Released a full ten years after the last film in The Omen cycle, The Omen IV doesn’t feel like a continuation of the franchise so much as an attempt to renew the franchise [...]
Baker: The Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981)
In many ways, The Omen III marks a bit of a break from the previous two films, which are so organically intertwined that it almost feels as if the first prophesied the [...]
Bahrani: 99 Homes (2015)
In all the minutiae of American domestic life that are endlessly dissected on reality television, there is one process that is never depicted: eviction. If a camera crew can [...]
Malick: Knight of Cups (2015)
My head is still spinning from having just watched Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups. Already, I feel as if it is going to be a very precious film for me, for a whole host [...]
Hill: Southern Comfort (1981)
One of Walter Hill’s gifts as a director was his ability to tap into the complex dynamics of large groups of men. In fact, that’s what his definition of B-cinema came [...]
Craven: Deadly Blessing (1981)
For the media-saturated 80s, there was something fascinating about the spectacle of technophobic communities. Although Peter Weir may have captured the spirit of Old Weird [...]
Rafelson: The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
If you had to sum up the achievement of The Postman Always Rings Twice in a single sentence, you might say that it is an adaptation of James M. Cain’s novel, rather than [...]