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AMERICAN FABLE: Almost Magical Enough To Achieve Its Ambitions
AMERICAN FABLE: Almost Magical Enough To Achieve Its Ambitions

American Fable doesn’t quite strike all the right chords, lacking just one spark that might have turned this movie into a lasting cult classic.

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?: What's Camp Got to Do with It
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?: What’s Camp Got to Do With It

With the release of the FX series Feud, there’s no better time to revisit Robert Aldrich’s histrionic horror, What Ever Happened To Baby Jane.

LIFE: Shortsighted Characters Alienate The Viewer From A Gripping Story
LIFE: Shortsighted Characters Alienate The Viewer From A Gripping Story

Life certainly nails its big moments, but it’s frustrating that what could have been a memorable classic handicapped itself with hapless characters.

DIG TWO GRAVES: A Visually Stunning Southern Gothic Nightmare
DIG TWO GRAVES: A Visually Stunning Southern Gothic Nightmare

Dig Two Graves is a visually stunning low budget Gothic thriller, which is effectively surreal and compelling.

PERSONAL SHOPPER: A Techno-Gothic Puzzle That Demands Your Attention
PERSONAL SHOPPER: A Techno-Gothic Puzzle That Demands Your Attention

Personal Shopper is the rare film that is unclassifiable in terms of genre, refusing to neatly fit in to the preconceptions of a horror film, as well as lacking a distinctive explanatory reading.

MEAN DREAMS Exemplifies The Power of Good Storytelling & Bill Paxton
MEAN DREAMS Exemplifies The Power of Good Storytelling & Bill Paxton

For a story we’ve seen over and over, Mean Dreams, Bill Paxton’s last film, is compelling, refusing to take the usual narrative routes.

BEFORE I FALL: A Bold YA Adaption
BEFORE I FALL: A Bold YA Adaption

Before I Fall is a young adult adaptation that manages to stand apart from the rest, presenting a lavishly told thriller about high schoolers.

DON'T KILL IT: A Funny & Nostalgic Gore-Fest
DON’T KILL IT: A Funny & Nostalgic Gore-Fest

Don’t Kill It is a throwback to 1980s horror, in addition to updating some of the rather outdated tropes found in those types of films.

I DON'T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE: Tremendously Timely
I DON’T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE: Tremendously Timely

I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore is a dark comedy that explores timely subjects of loss of protection and fear, in an effective way.

THE SALESMAN: Morally Complex & Utterly Engaging
THE SALESMAN: Morally Complex & Utterly Engaging

The Salesman is the latest by renowned filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, succeeding as both a political thriller and a tightly-knit character drama.

THE MAN WITH FOUR LEGS: Elegantly Disturbing
THE MAN WITH FOUR LEGS: Elegantly Disturbing

With finely tuned performances, The Man With Four Legs is also a visual treat, working within a genre that is often difficult to define.

ROAD TO THE WELL: A Thriller That Rarely Thrills
ROAD TO THE WELL: A Thriller That Rarely Thrills

Road to the Well has redeeming qualities, including fine acting and cinematography, yet it falls short of greatness from its lacking story.

DON’T HANG UP: Contemporary Horror At Its Simplest

Don’t Hang Up is a tense and effective low-budget thriller, though it misses out on fully probing the dangers of online bullying.

SPLIT: Let's Twist Again?
SPLIT: Let’s Twist Again?

James McAvoy shines in M. Night Shyamalan’s latest, in which he portrays an array of characters as a man who suffers from dissociative identity disorder.

GET THE GIRL: Romantic Digressions Amid Gunfire
GET THE GIRL: Romantic Digressions Amid Gunfire

Get the Girl is an action movie that is obsessed with the idea of an action movie, but not with actually being one.