Reviews

Review

'Maul: Shadow Lord' Is A Superfluous But Fun Star Wars Adventure

By Dais Johnston

Star Wars animation has never looked better, even if it’s not required watching.

Entertainment

'Faces of Death' Will Make You Feel Like You Need a Shower — And That’s a Good Thing

By Katie Rife

Although it's not completely free from franchise rot, Faces of Death is still an impressively nasty piece of work.

Review

'The Serpent's Skin' Will Fill The 'Buffy'-Shaped Hole In Your Heart

By Katie Rife

Missing Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Alice Maio Mackay’s supernatural horror-romance will scratch that nostalgic itch.

Review

'Maul: Shadow Lord' Is A Superfluous But Fun Star Wars Adventure

By Dais Johnston

Star Wars animation has never looked better, even if it’s not required watching.

Entertainment

'Faces of Death' Will Make You Feel Like You Need a Shower — And That’s a Good Thing

By Katie Rife

Although it's not completely free from franchise rot, Faces of Death is still an impressively nasty piece of work.

Review

'The Serpent's Skin' Will Fill The 'Buffy'-Shaped Hole In Your Heart

By Katie Rife

Missing Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Alice Maio Mackay’s supernatural horror-romance will scratch that nostalgic itch.

Review

'The Testaments' Is YA Dystopian Excellence

By Lyvie Scott

Hulu’s Handmaid’s Tale sequel goes back to the drawing board, with stellar results.

Review

'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' Is An Amusing Nintendo Commercial

By Chrishaun Baker

There's lots to point at and recognize, but not much more beneath the surface.

SXSW Review

At SXSW, Sci-Fi Takes A Backseat To Human Drama

By Hoai-Tran Bui

Three movies at SXSW use their sci-fi premises to tell human stories, some more successfully than others.

Review

The Sound Of Breaking

By Siddhant Adlakha

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Chime observes the phantom vibrations of modernity.

SXSW Review

At SXSW, Rom-Coms Got A Twisted Genre Makeover

By Lyvie Scott

The most surprising films of SXSW took the classic love story and remixed it in their own perverse ways.

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'Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen' Is A Terrifying Tour De Force

By Dais Johnston

Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring, suffering.

SXSW Review

'Forbidden Fruits' Is The Campy Horror Teen Girls Have Been Waiting For

By Katie Rife

Lili Reinhart leads a coven of mean-girl mall witches in Meredith Alloway’s blend of occult and slasher horror.