by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor
There is nothing intrinsically bad about having a story where two characters from different worldviews learn something from each other. However, rather than focus on the culture clash elements intrinsic to those geographical backgrounds, Smith has gone all in on the political divide in America currently.
by Rosalie Kicks, Editor in Chief and Old Sport
When I caught this film at Toronto International Film Festival, I felt a bit of fatigue from movies that did not earn their runtime. Many films would have benefited from a snip and most likely played more effectively. The Last Showgirl does not have this problem.
By Jonathan Jansen, Staff Writer
If the viewer can gazingly look at these characters as intently as the film does, then it’s a deeply rewarding film that won’t fade away from my memory anytime soon.
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
Eat the Night is a thrilling parable of the modern ways emotional yearning manifests with electric performances and stunning visuals.
by Kate Beach, Staff Writer
Despite the pain and desperation at the heart of Hazard, he’s succeeded in crafting a deeply compassionate story.
by Megan Robinson, Staff Writer
Every Little Thing gives the audience a kind glimpse into the small world of hummingbirds.
by Rachel Shatto, staff writer
In Birdeater, masculinity is both a weapon and a prison—and potentially a lethal vulnerability.
by "Doc" Hunter Bush, Podcast Director
If you're interested in learning more about Korean cinema beyond a simple listicle of modern stand-outs, Hallyuwood is for you.
by Rosalie Kicks, Editor in Chief and Old Sport
It would be easy to provide a summary of the main plot points within this picture, but that would be doing a disservice, not only to the film itself but to you. Nickel Boys is a particular piece of cinema that needs to be experienced for oneself to truly feel the weight of what it has to say.
By Zakiyyah Madyun, Staff Writer
Resynator is a thorough and thoughtful mediation on a gadget of the past making its way into the future, and all the quirks and chaos of the man who created it.
by Avery Coffey, Staff Writer
The slow, creeping chill of Thordur Palsson’s The Damned attests that winter has always been the darkest and coldest time of year.
Here at MovieJawn, we love movies, and we love celebrating movies. It is that time of year, so here is the roundup look back at all of our best of lists!
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
Three shows after the Buffy era encapsulate where we were as a culture and their endings are significant to how things were looking in the television landscape at the time, something of great interest to me.
by Rachel Shatto, Staff Writer
Here are the 10 films that truly were (to stretch out the metaphor just a little more) this year’s diamonds.
by Kevin Murphy, Staff Writer
While I didn’t watch as many of this year’s releases as I would’ve liked to, there’s a handful of works that very much stood out to me when I saw them and that stick with me even months later, overcoming the recency bias of later releases.
by Samantha McLaren, Staff Writer
According to Letterboxd, I’ve watched 263 films so far this year. Of those, 211 are horror movies, many of them new releases. And why not?
by Andrea Schmidt, Staff Writer
My list, like all top 10 lists, is very incomplete. I decided to go with cinema-going “experiences” I had this past year in chronological order.
by Tori Potenza, Staff Writer
I find hope in the many talented performers and filmmakers out there creating art and perfecting their craft.
by Zakiyyah Madyun, Staff Writer
It’s been a rollercoaster year, and not always the fun kind, but a trip to the movies continues to be a safe haven in times both trying and not.
by Tessa Swehla, Associate Editor
2024 has been a rich year for science fiction, both in film and in print.
by Megan Bailey, Staff Writer
Time to say goodbye to all the musical shows that have given us something to sing and dance about all year long!
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer
I’m focusing on some of my favorite lesser-known gems of the year—films you might not find on every Best of 2024 list but absolutely should make the time to see.
As the year comes to a close, our staff looks at the best TV shows they watched in 2024.
by William Bibbiani, Staff Writer
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by Kate Beach, Staff Writer
These are the movies I loved this year. They thrilled me and devastated me and made me glad to be alive and watching them. Enjoy!
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
Three shows after the Buffy era encapsulate where we were as a culture and their endings are significant to how things were looking in the television landscape at the time, something of great interest to me.
by Megan Bailey, Staff Writer
Time to say goodbye to all the musical shows that have given us something to sing and dance about all year long!
As the year comes to a close, our staff looks at the best TV shows they watched in 2024.
by Kate Beach, Staff Writer
After five years, it’s time to look back on Tim Robinson’s sketch comedy series I Think You Should Leave and the sitcom that proceeded it, Detroiters.
by Samantha McLaren, Staff Writer
It’s been 25 years since a British Y2K project brought a new ending to the beloved comedy series Blackadder.
by Fiona Underhill, Staff Writer
Join us as we look at the stunning 2024 television work of one of the great modern Irish actors, Anthony Boyle.
by Christopher La Vigna, Staff Writer
Adult Swim brings the Christmas spirit back in with a sequel to Yule Log, a fun send up and love letter to Hallmark movies and horrors beyond our comprehension.
by Chelsea Alexandra, Staff Writer
You’re the Worst is still one of the great depictions of depression and mental illness, ten years later.
by J †Johnson, Staff Writer
As the World's Next Drag Supermonster is crowned, it’s a great time to reflect on queer identity and the meaning of both Drag and Dragula as artforms in the community.
by Sasha Ravitch, Staff Writer
It’s been ten years since Nic Pizzolatto anthology series hit HBO—it’s time to look back at it.
by Megan Bailey, Staff Writer
Welcome to the Hazbin Hotel, you’re in great Broadway (and demonic) company!
by Fiona Underhill, Staff Writer
Say Nothing adapts its source material magnificently, giving it even more power.
by J †Johnson, Staff Writer
There’s no Last Supper episode this season, but there’s drama for all in the penultimate installment.
by Darian Davis, Staff Writer
The second half of Interior Chinatown allows the meta narrative to kick itself into high gear in fun and exciting ways.
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
The new pre-teen and teen shows of the season were largely on kid-centered networks like Nickelodeon and Disney Channel.
by J †Johnson, Staff Writer
This week the remaining Dragula performers show off their knowledge (or lack of knowledge) about the history of the show, and give their best renditions of Frankenhooker.
by J †Johnson, Staff Writer
It’s time to get ultra nerdy with it on Dragula with a Dungeons & Drag Queens episode!
by Darian Davis, Staff Writer
In adapting his own work, Charles Yu expands upon the ideas and concepts of Interior Chinatown and brings the story to TV is a spectacular way.
by Zakiyyah Madyun, Staff Writer
The final episode of Breath of Fire shows us the humans under all the deifying.
by J †Johnson, Staff Writer
This week’s episode goes back to basics with black & white, silent horror as the theme—not to mention the return of the curse!
by Zakiyyah Madyun, Staff Writer
Breath of Fire brings deep, dark secrets into the light in its penultimate episode.
by J †Johnson, Staff Writer
It’s truly Dragula meets Drag Race on this week’s episode with a musical—but there’s a reason these monsters lipsync!
by Megan Bailey, Staff Writer
Another tragic story of a fun musical TV series, gone too soon.
by Zakiyyah Madyun, Staff Writer
Episode two of Breath of Fire starts to find its narrative path forward.
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
Veronica Mars represents the closing of the walls on a certain type of teen show based on networks.
by J †Johnson, Staff Writer
No curse and an uncertain elimination leaves the first half of the season six open for a blow out!
by Zakiyyah Madyun, Staff Writer
A final look at the horrors of childhood as presented by things that go bump in the night with Goosebumps.
by Chelsea Alexandra, Staff Writer
Ten years ago John Constantine graced our TV screens and fans still miss the comic-accurate portrayal.
by Tessa Swehla, Associate Editor
Tessa is back to talk about Dracula, but this time she turns her attention to the small screen!
Here at MovieJawn, we love movies, and we love celebrating movies. It is that time of year, so here is the roundup look back at all of our best of lists!
by Rachel Shatto, Staff Writer
Here are the 10 films that truly were (to stretch out the metaphor just a little more) this year’s diamonds.
by Andrea Schmidt, Staff Writer
My list, like all top 10 lists, is very incomplete. I decided to go with cinema-going “experiences” I had this past year in chronological order.
by Tori Potenza, Staff Writer
I find hope in the many talented performers and filmmakers out there creating art and perfecting their craft.
by Zakiyyah Madyun, Staff Writer
It’s been a rollercoaster year, and not always the fun kind, but a trip to the movies continues to be a safe haven in times both trying and not.
by Tori Potenza, Staff Writer
I have only scratched the surface of the box set myself but so far everything I have watched from it has been completely unique, gorgeously restored, and pushes the bounds of what many of us might consider horror.
by “Doc” Hunter Bush, Staff Writer and Podcast Director
Scala!!! is a document of an important location, but more than that - a moment, in cinema for a whole bevy of budding filmmakers, artists and other creatives.
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport & Editor in Chief
Here’s a peek between the blinds of one of the latest disc offerings from Kino Lorber. For under thirty-five bucks, one can get lost in the shadows of not one, not two, but three noir pictures with The Dark Side of The Cinema XX collection.
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport & Editor in Chief
For under thirty-five bucks one can lost in the shadows of not one, not two but three noir pictures in The Dark Side of The Cinema XXI collection.
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport & Editor in Chief
When the next toxic chemical spill occurs and results in humongous, man-eating ants I’ll be very much like Roddy Piper in They Live, left only with the remark: “It figures it be something like this.”
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport and Editor in Chief
Frogs is one of those rare jewels that I believe I enjoyed more than I should have.
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport and Editor in Chief
Kingdom of The Spiders may not be a movie that I am pining to revisit, but it did manage to capture me in its web.
by “Doc” Hunter Bush, Staff Writer
A look at the physical release of Late Night with the Devil.
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport and Editor in Chief
Part of me was equally grossed out and fascinated with being able to hear every worm squiggling and wiggling on screen. I hated but also loved when they were pouring out of the shower head onto their unsuspecting victim. This was actual nightmare fuel to me.
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport and Editor in Chief
The concept of Dracula having a canine companion thrilled me and I could not resist imagining that this scenario could also be my reality.
by “Doc” Hunter Bush, Staff Writer
You're getting two films: one whose content and controversy makes it nearly impossible to find on streaming, and the second which, up until a few years ago, was thought to be as likely to exist as your average bigfoot!
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport and Editor in Chief
Amazing films such as The Rose Tattoo, could easily be forgotten or lost which truly shows the importance of physical media.
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport & Editor in Chief
There is something about Burt Lancaster’s demeanor on screen that instantly soothes me. I can’t help but have a feeling of tranquility when I watch him in a film. To my surprise, in Come Back, Little Sheba almost every scene of his was stolen by his costar Shirley Booth.
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport & Editor in Chief
Natural Vision 3-D is “healthy and beneficial”.
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport & Editor in Chief
When I received this Blu-ray from Kino Lorber, I was excited to learn that the talkie was a remake of the silent flick. There’s nothing like a good old showdown of a silent versus talkie.
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport & Editor in Chief
Pursued is the kind of motion picture that one will find they will want to revisit as there is so much going on under the surface.
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport & Editor in Chief
If a motion picture involves a monster, creature, or beastie I am, without a doubt, going to hit play. Nothing lures me in like watching the possible destruction of planet Earth at the hands of a cool ghoul.
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport & Editor in Chief
Republic Pictures was active from 1935 until 1967 and is responsible for the making of close to 1,000 pictures. Below I examine each of the four flicks contained on this two disc Blu-ray set to determine if it would be worthy to add to your physical media collection.
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport & Editor in Chief
Back From The Dead hooked me from the first frame. Waves are crashing into a rocky shore, eerie music plays, and within the first few moments a corpse is thrown from atop of a cliff.
by Tori Potenza, Staff Writer
As a collector of physical media, when I decide what newer films I want to add to my collection much of my decision comes down to re-watchability
by “Doc” Hunter Bush, contributor and Podcast Czar
“A traditional Kyoto inn is looping two minutes at a time!” That was all I had to go on when I was lucky enough to see this film at last year’s Fantasia Fest.
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
Peter Greenaway’s breakout arthouse hit, The Draughtsman’s Contract (1982) is bold film—an intriguing murder mystery, a cheeky satire on English class, and a naughty sex romp—rendered in such a rigorous way that it requires steadfast attention.
by “Doc” Hunter Bush, Staff Writer, Podcast Czar
For fans of genre oddities, this is the proverbial candy store for you to feel like a kid within.
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
I haven’t seen many yakuza movies before Violent Streets, and Hideo Gosha’s take is so glorious, it may have spoiled me for many other films in this subgenre.
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
Both of these movies are incredibly fun and exceptionally directed. I can’t recommend these enough for fans of sword fighting movies.
by Kirk Stevens, Contributor
While it may not be remembered as an 80’s teen movie classic with the likes of John Hughes, David Greenwalt’s Secret Admirer is a perfectly charming comedy of errors that serves as a breezy, entertaining watch.
by Kirk Stevens, Contributor
The performances in Counsellor At Law are universally strong, and Rice’s screenplay is full of rich dialogue and humor throughout.
by Kirk Stevens, Contributor
Screenwriter Silvia Richards was an outspoken progressive whose career was interrupted due to being blacklisted and being called as a witness for the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
The Belle Starr Story is, amazingly, the only spaghetti western ever directed by a woman. As such, it has a unique look at its characters, in a way films rarely did, or even do today, with an eye for commentary on sexuality and gender.
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
While Jonathan Anderson captures the time periods with perfect precision, he’s also masterful at allowing the characters to speak for themselves with their clothing over the course of the most important 13 years of their lives.
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer
Combining stark black-and-white cinematography with a narrative steeped in melodrama and existential despair, von Horn crafts a film that is as haunting as it is beautiful, earning its place as one of the most disturbing films of recent years.
by Samantha McLaren, Staff Writer
For all the tinsel and talk of good cheer, the holidays are often fraught with tension—doubly so if you’re a queer person whose family has never quite accepted you for who you are.
by Kate Beach, Staff Writer
Looking back on two films that contributed heavily to one of my favorite subgenres: wild nights in New York City. Buckle up, let’s talk about Martin Scorsese’s Bringing Out the Dead and Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut.
by Benjamin Leonard, Managing Zine Editor, Best Boy
Is this a pro-cop movie? Or an anti-cop movie?