Essays

Darby Delaney presents an overview of one of film’s most riveting movements.

The year’s half over. When did that happen?

Independent cinemas aren’t doomed. The resurgence of the indie bookstore can help us understand why.   

Movies like ‘Baskin,’ ‘The Void,’ and now ‘Mandy’ show that Clive Barker has a big role to play in the future of horror nostalgia.

‘American Animals’ is the latest in a series of questionably necessary antihero true stories.

How Nicholas Ray’s 1950 film blends the two to elevate film noir.

The plot holes that make ‘Fallen Kingdom’ such an uneven summer blockbuster also allow it stand above (or at least apart from) its competitors.

Taylor Sheridan’s films are about failed fathers overcoming their failures.

Let’s look at ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon,’ an under-appreciated, beautiful film.