It never feels momentous when the year number rolls over from 4 to 5, but it is indeed the end of a half decade.
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A decade after the slasher movie fad had faded, director Wes Craven and writer Kevin Williamson rejuvenated the genre with a scary, postmodern, whodunit, teen comedy spin on the overfamiliar horror format.
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Red Rooms (2023)
The fans of the popular podcast My Favorite Murder call themselves “murderinos.”
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Strike (1925)
Soviet montage cinema is one of the most idiosyncratic movements in movie history, and also one of the most influential.
Last week, word emerged that Rob Jarosinski, co-founder of the website and podcast Alternate Ending, had died at age 42.
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Every Denis Villeneuve Movie Ranked
At the start of this year, I had never seen a film by Denis Villeneuve film.
English director Jonathan Glazer has directed four films in the past 25 years, and they present an intriguing cross-section of many of the ways films can be great.
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La Roue (The Wheel) (1923)
Silent cinema is full of legendary figures, but none is quite so mythic as Abel Gance.
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Every Matthew Vaughn Movie Ranked
Earlier this year I did a binge of Matthew Vaughn’s movies, and my main takeaway is that I am not a Matthew Vaughn fan.
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Every Alexander Payne Film Ranked
The cinematic comedy-drama is in a state of peril.