And Then There Were None (2015)
Although Agatha Christie is famous the world over for Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, her most adapted work is And Then There Were None, originally released under the rather [...]
Malle: My Dinner With Andre (1981)
The premise of My Dinner With Andre is disarmingly simple: a pair of old friends meet at a restaurant in New York and spend the evening talking. With the exception of a very [...]
Ferrara: Ms. 45 (1981)
Although Abel Ferrara had released one or two features prior to Ms. 45, this rape-and-revenge extravaganza really feels like his first sustained transition from adult to [...]
Les Revenants (The Returned): Season 1 (2012)
Over the last couple of years, horror has become more and more prominent as a television genre. From the increasing critical acclaim of anthologies like American Horror Story [...]
The Staircase (2004)
If one single genre defined television in 2015, it was true crime. Bookended by The Jinx and Making a Murderer, it suddenly felt as if “quality” television had fled [...]
Craven: Cursed (2005)
Wes Craven’s follow-up to the Scream trilogy – and his last film, along with Red Eye, before My Soul To Take in 2010 – is one of the most perplexing horror films I [...]
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 [...]
Angie Tribeca: Season 1 (2016)
Over the last decade, virtually every television workplace comedy has been touched in some way by the success of the American Office and Parks and Recreation. However, now [...]
The Life of Pablo: Notes on Yeezy
It might seem strange to put up a review of The Life of Pablo before the album has even been released. At the same time, it feels as if Kanye is striving to turn the [...]
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 [...]