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Every Picture Tells a Story: <em>Cinema Speculation</em>, <em>The Getaway</em> and Me

Every Picture Tells a Story: Cinema Speculation, The Getaway and Me

Bruce Riordan traces a personal history through Quentin Tarantino's analysis of a Sam Peckinpah classic.

By Bruce Riordan | October 20, 2023

90s Horror-Thrillers Created a New Generation of Would-Be Detectives

90s Horror-Thrillers Created a New Generation of Would-Be Detectives

Or, how Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer restored the mystery to slashers.

By Vincent Ralph | October 19, 2023

What Is the Legacy of Walter Hill?

What Is the Legacy of Walter Hill?

Hill’s gritty films mix westerns, crime and, improbably, musicals.

By Keith Roysdon | October 18, 2023

<em>Halloween</em> at 45: How Horror’s Scariest Franchise Makes Sense of the Senseless

Halloween at 45: How Horror’s Scariest Franchise Makes Sense of the Senseless

On the Many Masks of Michael Myers, from Unknowable Force of Nature to Explainable Antagonist

By Michael Kraus | October 13, 2023

10 Years Later,

10 Years Later, "Prisoners" Eerily Predicted Our Current Moment

Revisiting Denis Villeneuve's bleak portrait of fear and fantasy

By Zack Budryk | October 11, 2023

The LAPD Films of Ron Shelton, Twenty Years Later

The LAPD Films of Ron Shelton, Twenty Years Later

Dark Blue and Hollywood Homicide were unfairly dismissed by audiences and critics. They deserved better.

By Vince Keenan | October 6, 2023

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By Nick Kolakowski | September 22, 2023

A Haunting in Venice is the Best of Kenneth Branagh's Poirot Adaptations, and an Engaging Film On Its Own

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 15, 2023

Jason Voorhees: Neurodivergent Icon?

Jason Voorhees: Neurodivergent Icon?

On finding empowerment and autistic representation in an unlikely source: Friday the 13th's iconic slasher

By Mark Wheaton | September 15, 2023

The Freudian Gothic Fiction of Ira Levin

The Freudian Gothic Fiction of Ira Levin

"Behind the terse style, there is a poetry to the ironies of Levin’s plots, and there is a brutality that emerges from his intricate imagination."

By James Reich | September 15, 2023

‘A Face in the Crowd’ Forecast Our Future – If We’d Only Been Paying Attention

‘A Face in the Crowd’ Forecast Our Future – If We’d Only Been Paying Attention

Keith Roysdon on the strange prescience of Elia Kazan's 1957 film starring Andy Griffith.

By Keith Roysdon | September 15, 2023

In These Thrillers,

In These Thrillers, "Best Friends" Are the Biggest Threat

Jilly Gagnon on toxic friendships in psychological thrillers.

By Jilly Gagnon | September 6, 2023

Bigfoot Is in the Woods, Our Hearts and Our Nightmares

Bigfoot Is in the Woods, Our Hearts and Our Nightmares

The legendary mythical beast is a mystery that’ll never be solved – and he’s also toys and board games and festivals

By Keith Roysdon | August 31, 2023

Phonies: J.D. Salinger and Wielding Copyright as Self-Protection

Phonies: J.D. Salinger and Wielding Copyright as Self-Protection

Salinger spent the second half of his career fighting for authors' right to privacy. Did it do any good?

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 30, 2023

To Film and Thrive in L.A.: Three Lesser-Praised Friedkin Films Are Classics

To Film and Thrive in L.A.: Three Lesser-Praised Friedkin Films Are Classics

A closer look at 'Sorcerer,' 'Cruising,' and 'To Live and Die in L.A.'

By Keith Roysdon | August 25, 2023

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