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“Take, Eat”— Redeeming Consumption in The Platform

October 13, 20200

The Platform is the English title of Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s 2019 Spanish science fiction-horror film, El Hoyo. Its original title poses…

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Aliens Just Like Us: The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) & Under the Skin (2013)

June 19, 20200

“Every village and small country place is full of people who’ve just come and settled there without any ties to…

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A Deluge of Dark Water(s): The Dark Waters of Dark Waters (1944), Dark Waters (1993), Dark Water (2002), and Dark Waters (2019)

May 22, 20200

When I was a child, I thought I was surrounded by bad guys. This is not a metaphor. I had…

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The Monsters Have Arrived and We are Them: The Soska Sisters’ RABID

March 21, 20200

In the history of cinema, several filmmakers have stuck out as memorable, those who left a mark on the industry…

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Review| After Midnight (2020)

February 17, 20200

Jeremy Gardner is one of those actors that is instantly recognizable and yet many may not know—unless, like me, you…

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Review| Gretel & Hansel (2020)

February 10, 20200

Osgood Perkins (director of I Am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House and The Blackcoat’s Daughter) has done…

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Review| Color Out of Space (2020)

January 27, 20200

I have written elsewhere about the troubles that surround the legacy of H.P. Lovecraft and the shadow his oeuvre casts…

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The Bright Abysses of The Lighthouse (2019) & Sunshine (2007)

January 17, 20200

“And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.” Exodus 3:6 (NKJV) The story of Moses…

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