“‘Zola’ Turns A Twitter Nightmare Into High Art”

No nightmare like a Twitter nightmare, because one you put a Twitter nightmare out there, it’s online forever via screenshotting! Continue reading →

“‘The Lodge’’s Mystery Is Undone by the Secrets That Inspire It”

File under “send horror journalists to check out the latest hyped-up thing,” please. Continue reading →

Interview: Trey Edward Shults, “It Comes at Night”

Another year, another interview with Trey Edward Shults, one of my favorite up and coming filmmakers. (I should maybe start a list of my favorite up and comers, just for my own edification, but also because I really love web traffic.)  In March of 2016, we talked about Krisha, his debut film, which turned out to … Continue reading →

Review: The Discovery, 2017, dir. Charlie McDowell

I really liked Charlie McDowell’s The One I Love, so imagine my disappointment when I watched The Discovery and found that it’s a pile of reluctant, hedging, self-doubting faux-spiritual feel-good nonsense. (“Feel-good” might be a stretch, but boy, the movie bends over backwards to get in as many cheap hugs as possible.) I didn’t hate it, but … Continue reading →