Interview: THE BECOMERS Writer and Director Zach Clark
by Sasha Ravitch, Staff Writer
It was a fascinating experience to learn more of the influences, inspirations, and experiences that begat such a special and touching film: a film for the aliens.
ABSOLUTION is a disjointed character study with Liam Neeson
by Darian Davis, Staff Writer
Those looking for Neeson’s typical straight-ahead beat-em-up fare will be disappointed in Absolution, a slower, more introspective film that struggles to meet its aspirations as an abstract character study.
HERE takes a big swing, but its understanding of America is out of touch
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
It would be accurate to call Here a gimmick movie, as the film is essentially one static shot of the same place over the course of Earth’s history through the present–with a heavy emphasis on the residents of a house built on the spot in the early 20th century.
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS is a beautiful restoration, but remains a blue monday
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
If there was ever proof that adapting Vonnegut’s work is a Herculean task then it’s visible, without any abstractions, in Alan Rudolph’s 1999 fever dream of a film, Breakfast of Champions.
Curtain Call: GREASE: RISE OF THE PINK LADIES never got its chance
by Megan Bailey, Staff Writer
Another tragic story of a fun musical TV series, gone too soon.
DOC OF CHUCKY is a comprehensive look at the long running horror franchise
by Avery Coffey, Staff Writer
Doc of Chucky brings familiar faces from past films and modern renditions to our screens to recount the impact of Chucky as a horror icon and Child’s Play as a genre franchise.
MISSING FROM FIRE TRAIL ROAD: one woman’s disappearance highlights the brutality indigenous women face
by Heidi Krull, Staff Writer
Directed by Sabrina Van Tassel, Missing from Fire Trail Road dives deep into the disappearance of Mary-Ellen, and shines an important spotlight on the violence women in indigenous communities face.
LUTHER: NEVER TOO MUCH hits all the right notes
by Stacey Osbeck, Staff Writer
In the documentary feature Luther: Never Too Much, director Dawn Porter draws on surprising aspects of the singer-songwriter’s drive toward stardom, keeping this life’s tale continually fresh.
The ALIEN Franchise: A Study on Sci-Fi Gore and Women’s Bodily Trauma
by Heidi Krull, Staff Writer
Sigourney Weaver, who ended up playing Ellen Ripley, was the key to push this franchise to the next level.
Grotesqueries Week: From raining Gollums to big gorilla-wolf MFers: The villains of ATTACK THE BLOCK
by Daniel Pecoraro, Staff Writer
|There are few films I’ve been an evangelist for more than Attack the Block.
Goth Week: Ruined Houses, Ruined Families
by Tessa Swehla, Associate Editor
Why do we find these old houses in books and film creepy? It’s because they are externalizations of their inhabitants, a physical intrusion of abstract ideas like secrets, trauma, lies, and violence.
THE GRADUATES explores the grief and struggle to move on after gun violence
by Chelsea Alexandra, Staff Writer
Hannah Peterson’s The Graduates delivers a powerful and courageous story about a young woman preparing to graduate high school in the wake of the gun violence that shook her community a year prior.
SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT strikes a chilling chord
by Christopher La Vigna, Staff Writer
Soundtrack To A Coup D’etat serves up a sobering reminder that for many parts of the world, blood has been spilt for independence campaigns that have never reached fruition.
THE LAST FRONT can't make its two sides come together
by Kevin Murphy, Staff Writer
As excited as I was for this, and as much as the cast does, the film ended up disappointing me because it feels like two discordant movies in one.
Disc Dispatch: EMPIRE OF THE ANTS (1977)
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.”
Grotesqueries Week: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS mixes comedy with the revolting
by Fiona Underhill, Staff Writer
Frank Oz’s Little Shop of Horrors was an adaptation of the off-Broadway musical, with the luminous Ellen Greene reprising her role of Audrey from the stage.
MAGPIE is a modern noir that explores themes of obsession and betrayal
by Mo Moshaty, Staff Writer
With a modern noir twist which will be sure to satisfy mystery and mayhem lovers alike.
BREATH OF FIRE has a lot to cover, but finds its footing
by Zakiyyah Madyun, Staff Writer
Episode two of Breath of Fire starts to find its narrative path forward.
Grotesqueries Week: Beyond the scope of accepted reality – BANSHEE CHAPTER finds cosmic horror in conspiracy
by Samantha McLaren, Staff Writer
By layering conspiracies behind conspiracies, Erickson’s film gradually reveals an otherworldly plot disguised by human atrocities and deception.
Interview: Old Sport chats with APARTMENT 7A writers Christian White and Skylar James
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport & Editor in Chief
Our conversation may have been brief, but it provided a vast amount of insight behind the scenes of the production, the inspirations, influences, and why they chose to tell Terry’s story