“‘What We Do In The Shadows’ Season 3 Lends Thoughtful New Depth To The Hilarious Vampire Series”

I’ll probably be writing about this show forever, which feels appropriate because, y’know, vampires. Continue reading →

“‘What We Do In The Shadows’ Returns In Delightfully Funny Season 2”

Back on FX and staking its claim as pretty much the best horror show you’ll find on television. Continue reading →

Review: What We Do in the Shadows, 2015, dir. Taika Waitit & Jemaine Clement

“After suffering from post-Twilight defanging since 2008, vampires are on the mend. Last year’s one-two punch of A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night and Only Lovers Left Alive, along with films like Neil Jordan’s underappreciated 2013 joint Byzantium, helped creatures of the night reclaim their teeth on the big screen bit by bit; these … Continue reading →

My Most Anticipated Films For IFFBoston ’16

If you have been tuning into this space for the last week and wondering why I have posted exactly zero new updates, it’s because I’ve been gallivanting around Bermuda since the 12th. But I’m back in Boston, and with eight days to spare before Independent Film Festival Boston’s 2016 rumpus, I’d say it’s about time … Continue reading →

Too Much Damn Cinema: Andy’s Top 20 of 2015

Boy, 2015 has been a fabulous year for film. This, of course, is true of most years, so long as you are willing to step outside of your comfort zone and seek out releases from off the beaten path. But it’s especially true of 2015, which doesn’t require viewers to stray too far from their … Continue reading →

(More Than) Halftime Report: The Best Of 2015 To Date

This post is late. Every hip critic on the web has already published a top ten for the year despite the fact that 2015 is only half over and going through the ranking rigmarole every fall is enough of a pain in the ass on its own without having to do the same song and … Continue reading →

“The Perfect Beer and Snack Pairings For That Big Game”

In technical sportsball term, the delay on posting this could be referred to as an unforced error. Continue reading →

“Best of Criterion’s New Releases, April 2020”

Me, you, and everyone we know, including Destry and the Cremator, take a trip to the Grand Budapest Hotel but get caught out by an army of shadows. Continue reading →

You’re Gonna Need Another Director, Bub

On 03/17/2011, news hit that Darren Aronofsky, genius director and the man responsible for Black Swan (which we kinda liked over here), had jumped ship as the director of the sequel to 2009 fiasco and failed X-Men spin-off, Wolverine. Citing travel woes and a reticence toward being yanked away from his family for filming, Aronofsky … Continue reading →

Groovers and Mobsters Present: Horror

The Wicker Man (1973) “Do sit down, Sergeant. Shocks are so much better absorbed with the knees bent.” Let me ask a simple question: What scares you? Masked psychos lurking in the shadows, stalking you in your house or through dark and foreboding woods? Alien invasions, full-scale or otherwise, staged by extraterrestrial races with less-than-benevolent … Continue reading →

Review: Zombieland, 2009, dir. Ruben Fleischer

How do filmmakers today keep the decaying body of the zombie invasion genre fresh and– so to speak– alive? Decades of offerings focused on the shambling hordes of the undead, many of which exist solely to ape their oft-superior predecessors, have rendered this cornerstone of low-budget indie horror filmmaking inert, arid, and utterly boring. But … Continue reading →