Movies

Body-horror film ‘The Substance’ has plenty of it

Both a throwback to old-school practical-effects monster horror and a present-day breakthrough for writer-director Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance” goes deep into the issues (and tissues)

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A fanged swain makes his dad proud in ‘Son of Dracula’ (1943)

What is “Son of Dracula” (1943) about? It is a black-and-white horror flick that concerns a Southern belle aiming for immortality – and also, a

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‘Chinatown’ (1974) links two eras of film noir

Jack Nicholson was too young for the first wave of noir, but luck would have it that he was in his prime for Seventies neo-noir.

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‘Alien: Romulus’ is saga’s best follow-up since ‘Aliens’

Legacy sequels have become such an ingrained aspect of Hollywood that we’re inured to them, and cynically assume they’ll at best have a few moments

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‘Secret Agent’ (1936) serves up early, inconsistent spy gaming

“Secret Agent” (1936) feels a little older than the films surrounding it in Alfred Hitchcock’s catalog. It’s a period piece, set in the buildup to

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‘Speak No Evil’ imports chillingly awkward horror

“Speak No Evil” will be scary to many viewers, but especially those who worry over social interactions. Director/co-writer James Watkins (“Eden Lake”) remakes the 2022

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‘Repulsion’ (1965) provides searing peek into a troubled autistic woman

If “Repulsion” (1965) were remade today, it couldn’t be a more searing, insightful look into one autistic woman’s experience in a neurotypical world than what

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‘Dressed to Kill’ (1980) is De Palma’s Hitchcock master class

If writer-director Brian De Palma was a Hitchcock student in “Sisters” (1972), he’s a Hitchcock teacher in “Dressed to Kill” (1980), a riff on the

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‘78/52’ (2017) analyzes ‘Psycho’s’ Shower Scene, and makes a case for its obsession

If the shower scene – or should I say The Shower Scene – from Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” (1960) wasn’t already the most obsessively analyzed sequence

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‘Ænigma’ (1987) embraces reincarnation, psychokinetics, carnivorous snails

“Ænigma” (1987) dares ask: Can a lady in a coma avenge herself via a rebel-gal at a Catholic girls’ school? It’s the same rhetorical question

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