SUSPIRIA Bathes in (Blood &) the Power of Women

On 12/10/201806/16/2019 By C.H. NewellIn 2018, Chloë Grace Moretz, Dakota Johnson, David Kajganich, Fascism, Film, Luca Guadagnino, Mia Goth, Remake, Witchcraft1 Comment

Luca Guadagnino carves out his own territory in horror cinema history with his remake of Dario Argento's SUSPIRIA

Damaged Masculinity + Small Town Fates in BACK ROADS

On 12/07/201804/13/2019 By C.H. NewellIn 2018, Alex Pettyfer, Drama, Film, Juliette Lewis, Novel, Tawni O'Dell, Toxic Masculinity1 Comment

Alex Pettyfer's directorial debut is a moody, subdued story about masculinity, family dysfunction, and small town repression.

VENOM: Socialism’s Accidental Super-Antihero

On 12/02/201804/28/2019 By C.H. NewellIn 2018, Action, Body Horror, Comics, Film, Marvel, PG-13, Riz Ahmed, Ruben Fleischer, Sci-Fi, Tom HardyLeave a comment

Eddie Brock and his new pal Venom aren't just a Marvel duo, they represent a lot of our (post)modern-day fears.

Hidden Digital Lives in SEARCHING

On 11/30/201804/28/2019 By C.H. NewellIn Aneesh Chaganty, Debra Messing, Drama, Film, John Cho, MysteryLeave a comment

John Cho will leave you breathless in this intense, claustrophobic postmodern thriller.

SADIE and the Child Soldiers of America

On 11/30/201804/28/2019 By C.H. NewellIn 2018, Danielle Brooks, Drama, Film, John Gallagher Jr, Megan Griffiths, Melanie Lynskey, WarLeave a comment

Megan Griffiths delivers a powerful, subtle gut punch to America's blind military worship with SADIE.

TYREL: Relative Terror in Black/White

On 11/21/201811/21/2018 By C.H. NewellIn 2018, Christopher Abbott, Comedy, Drama, Film, Jason Mitchell, Michael Cera, Racism, Reg E. Cathey, Sebastián SilvaLeave a comment

TYREL explores how seemingly harmless behaviour, to white people, is not always so for people of colour.

CAM: This (Postmodern) Woman’s Work

On 11/17/201804/28/2019 By C.H. NewellIn 2018, Film, Horror, Madeline Brewer, Misogyny, Mystery, Netflix, Patch Darragh, Psychological horror, Surrealism1 Comment

CAM tells the story of a woman divided against other women, divided against herself.

Mackenzie and Pine De-Mythologise Robert the Bruce in OUTLAW KING

On 11/10/2018 By C.H. NewellIn 2018, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Biography, Chris Pine, David Mackenzie, Film, History, Netflix, Stephen Dillane3 Comments

David Mackenzie's tale of Robert the Bruce avoids the myths, focusing on the fierce man of flesh and blood.