Thriller
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‘The Royal Hotel’ Fails to Fulfill its Ozploitation Promise
You may want to check out early.
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‘Holy Spider’ Is a Compelling True Crime Tale That Idolizes Its Killer
When dramatizing a real serial killer’s reign, we need to think more about the victims and the people who loved them living in the aftermath.
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‘Burial’ Offers an Interesting Premise with Little New Ground
Balance is everything for a film of this size, and it never quite finds it.
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‘Targets’ Made Modern Horror More Real and More Terrifying
Peter Bogdanovich’s first film (and Boris Karloff’s final film) should be looked at as more than a stepping stone to greatness. It was also genre-changing.
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Through a (Camera Lens) Darkly: The Art of Abstraction in ‘Blow-Up’
Sometimes searching for order in chaos only leads to more disorder. Also smile, you’re on camera.
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An SUV Delivers Suspense, Commentary, and a Leather Interior in ‘4×4’
The most unexpected hells are often the ones we make for ourselves.
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Drop What You’re Doing and Watch ‘Homecoming’
Based on the hit podcast, Amazon’s Homecoming is surely one of the best TV shows of the year.
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Dev Patel to Make Directorial Debut With Action Movie ‘Monkey Man’
The Oscar-nominated actor is also set to star in the movie, which will be based in Indian mythology.
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‘The Little Drummer Girl’ Review: Park Chan-wook Brings His Signature Style to TV (LFF)
The ‘Oldboy’ director is a surprising choice to direct the latest John le Carré adaptation, but we think it works.
