Review: The Dead Don’t Die, 2019, dir. Jim Jarmusch

A movie about zombies by one of the coolest filmmakers out there, starring a ton of people I like, should be a slam dunk, but then…what if it isn’t? Continue reading →

“Best of Criterion’s New Releases, February 2018”

And yet another entry in “better late than never,” though in this case you still get some utility out of the piece: Now you know which February Criterion releases are worth your time and money, courtesy of the team at Paste Magazine. (Hint: Night of the Living Dead.) (Second hint: Elevator to the Gallows.) (Third hint: Tom Jones, … Continue reading →

How ‘Get Out’ Puts ‘Night of the Living Dead’ in a New Light

I probably don’t need to remind everyone how much I love Get Out, though I probably ought to go and update my top ten list on this very site to reflect my love of Night of the Living Dead, which is one of my all-timers. In the meantime, I’ll direct you all to The Hollywood Reporter, which was … Continue reading →

Intervew: Jeff McComsey, Ultimate Night of the Living Dead

Zombies, man: They just keep coming, no matter what you do. The hordes of shambling dead are as popular today as they’ve ever been, largely thanks to the massive popularity and cultural ubiquity of AMC’s adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s longstanding comic book series The Walking Dead. Granted, the zombie genre tends to cycle through peaks and valleys of … Continue reading →

The Cinematic Decade: My Top 25 of the 2000s (pt. 4)

I think there is a handful of people who hate this list. Unfortunately for them, a lot of them are losing their homes in a forest fire today. Entries 10-6: 10. Shaun of the Dead: How do you a tell when a movie’s truly great? Forty years ago, George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead … Continue reading →