Paul Rai

Danny Jarabek

October 31, 2024

Halloween Special: Horror in 2024

To celebrate spooky season and all the thrills and chills we’ve witnessed so far this year, we are doing a genre retrospective today covering...

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Paul Rai

October 11, 2024

Review: 'The Apprentice' is a Light Touch on a Complicated Figure

At the tail end of 2008, Oliver Stone’s W. painted a reflective portrait of President Bush as his second term ended and people were getting r...

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Danny Jarabek

October 9, 2024

RETROSPECTIVE 011: Jason Reitman

Jason Reitman is a Canadian-American filmmaker known for directing films including Thank You for Smoking (2005), Juno (2007), Up in the Air (...

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Paul Rai

September 27, 2024

'Crumb' 30th Anniversary - Unraveling the American Nightmare

No documentary has left me shaken to my core in terms of constructing a window into another life that is so separate from me, yet humanistic ...

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Paul Rai

September 12, 2024

Jeremy Saulnier's 'Rebel Ridge' is an Exceptional Thriller

De-escalation is the prevailing theme surrounding Jeremy Saulnier’s Rebel Ridge (2024), which is a form of inversion to most of Saulnier’s wo...

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News

September 8, 2024

Brady Corbet's The Brutalist Acquired by A24

A24 is crashing the Oscar race this Fall by acquiring the U.S. distribution rights for Brady Corbet’s American epic, The Brutalist (2024). Th...

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Paul Rai

September 6, 2024

Review: 'The Deliverance' Falls Short of Being Dramatic and Horrifying

Elements of horror run rampant in most of Lee Daniels's films, whether it's the ferocious nature of Mo’Nique as an abusive mother in Precious...

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Paul Rai

August 31, 2024

'Strange Darling' Upends a One-Night Stand to a Crazed Thriller

Exercises in genre pastiche can go both ways. Quentin Tarantino benefits from utilizing his encyclopedic knowledge of cinema history in a fre...

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News

August 30, 2024

Netflix Acquires Pablo Larraín’s 'Maria' Starring Angelina Jolie

The first major acquisition out of the 81st Venice Film Festival comes courtesy of Netflix, as they have acquired the U.S. distribution right...

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Cameron Ritter

August 14, 2024

RETROSPECTIVE 008: Alien Franchise

The Alien movie franchise, spanning over four decades, is one of the most iconic and enduring series in science fiction and horror filmmaking...

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Paul Rai

August 13, 2024

FANTASIA FEST ‘Chainsaws Were Singing’ Review: Chainsaws Singing Offends and Assaults Your Senses

When it comes to cult hit films it’s quite hard nowadays for a movie as abrasive and unapologetic as Chainsaws Were Singing (2024) to achieve...

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Cameron Ritter

July 31, 2024

RETROSPECTIVE 007: M. Night Shyamalan

Born in India and raised outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, M. Night Shyamalan has received critical acclaim over the last 2+ decades as ...

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