Author: Meg Shields

Queue the sad rendition of “Cotton Eye Joe.”

Yeah, yeah, yeah the music slaps. But what are the opening credits to ‘Succession’ trying to tell us about the show’s main theme?

High contrast lighting and over-the-shoulder shots? Must be an interrogation scene.

Inside you there are two Jimmy Stewarts: an all-American everyman and a sneering blackhat.

This fake trailer’s got F-bombs in spades. By which we mean: Felons, Firearms, and Family.

From “West Side Story’ to ‘In the Heights’ here’s a brief look at the way urban dance informs the modern movie musical.

Sometimes the scariest thing in the world is stillness. And giant metal scissors.

Because what says “new year, new me” like folk horror and micro-budget genre films?

If Joseph Goebbels declares your movie “Cinematic Public Enemy No. 1,” then you’re doing something right.