[Orcs grunt respectfully], daddy issues, and speculation corner in this week’s RINGS OF POWER
by Megan Bailey, Staff Writer
Foreshadowing and daddy issues!
Get in the Basement with The Cinematic Maniac: Vol 1-The Yojimbo Movies
by Nikk Nelson, Staff Writer
Welcome to Get in the Basement with the Cinematic Maniac, in which I will recommend a double, triple, and/or quadruple feature based on an actor, a director or a theme.
BLONDE offers only misery and sympathy
by Ryan Silbestein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
For all of its ambition, Blonde stumbles every time it is about to settle into a period in Norma Jeane’s life.
RAVEN’S HOLLOW: The Master of the Macabre As a Mediocre Movie
by Miguel Alejandro Marquez, Staff Writer
Raven’s Hollow is a horror film that follows an investigator uncovering grisly murders in a small, 19th century American town.
ANDOR starts off with a series of bangs – revolution is coming
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
Andor is focused on how a spark becomes a blazing Rebellion, and starts on a smaller, more intimate scale.
5 Films We're Excited to see at Fantastic Fest 2022
by Victoria Potenza, Staff Writer
Fantastic Fest is “the largest genre film festival in the US, specializing in horror, fantasy, sci-fi, action and just plain fantastic movies from all around the world. The festival is dedicated to championing challenging and thought-provoking cinema, celebrating new voices and new stories from around the world and supporting new filmmakers.
Disc Dispatch: Diving into MURINA
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
Murina is that special kind of feature film debut that seems to emerge fully formed, in this case from the beautiful Adriatic Sea.
How to Start Watching: Dario Argento
by Clayton Hayes, Staff Writer
Where do you start with a figure that looms so large in cult and horror cinema?
Pre-Code Decode: IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT is as magical as ever
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
Welcome to Pre-Code Decode, a recurring column where we go back and look at pre-Hays Code Hollywood to see how they handled the issues of their day!
Women Who Kill #15: La Femme from INSIDE (2007)
by Victoria Potenza, Staff Writer
Inside shows two women who believe in their core that they are mothers, and who fight like hell for that right.
Wrapping up TIFF 2022 with PROJECT WOLF HUNTING, ROOST, THE HUMMINGBIRD and 5 more films from this year’s festival
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
As the Toronto International Film Festival comes to its close, here are a few more reviews of films that received their world premieres at the fest.
THE STORY OF FILM: A NEW GENERATION delivers as an update to an excellent survey course
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
It’s as close as you can get to going to film school without going to film school.
SEE HOW THEY RUN is an absolute delight.
by Rosalie Kicks, Editor in Chief and Old Sport
Every so often a flick comes along that makes me wonder how the filmmaker slipped it by the Hollywood moguls. Was it a work of hypnosis? Maybe a possession of sorts?
Neo-western GOD’S COUNTRY brings microaggressions to the surface
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
Seeing Thandiwe Newton stand her ground and command the central narrative of a snowy neo-western is the best reason to watch, and a reminder that she’s allowed to be wherever she wants to be.
RINGS OF POWER commits to emotions, new lands, and a peak at the future
by Megan Bailey, Staff Writer
Tolkien’s world has always been, in part, about the power of friendship. Mixed in with the destiny, lore, and language, friendship is an integral part of life.
PEARL travels back in time so we can empathize with a killer
by Victoria Potenza, Staff Writer
Through Pearl we experience a unique time and place in history while also delving deep into one of the most fascinating killers in recent slashers.
Alfred Hitchcock has entered the chat in DO REVENGE
by Emily Maesar, Staff Writer
Other than the Hitchcock of it all, though, Do Revenge pays great homage to the teen films of Millennials.
TIFF 2022: VICTIM, LOVE AND MATHEMATICS, THE END OF SEX and 3 more films from this year’s festival
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
The Toronto International Film Festival continues with more interesting selections from around the world. Here are six more highlights.
I'm Not Even Supposed to Be Here Today: Looking back at the elliptical career of Kevin Smith
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
In the wake of Clerks III bringing Smith’s canon full circle, let’s take a look back at Smith’s career.
5 Ways of Looking at Football Movies
by Kevin Bresnahan, Contributor
Football’s level of complexity makes baseball look like checkers. Baseball might be poetry, but football is engineering.