“The Strangers” (2008) raises the question of how simple is too simple of a premise for the film to still be good. Writer-director Bryan Bertino’s
It’s tempting to feel like a snooty film scholar after watching “The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog” (1927) – considered to be the
Here are my picks for 10 major motion pictures to keep on your radar in the summer of 2024. All are theatrical releases, but you
2023 was a good year for horror films starting with the letters “Inf” and involving travelers who have their passports stolen. “Infinity Pool” got more
The 1987 TV pilot (sometimes called “TV movie”) “Bates Motel” (NBC) is by far the worst installment of the “Psycho” franchise – rating even lower
“Snack Shack” fits firmly into the coming-of-age genre, but it has a tremendous sense of place in 1991 Nebraska City, Neb., and its rhythms are
A fun thing about being a movie fan is that I still come across classics I hadn’t seen before, or – in the case of
Alfred Hitchcock adapted three Daphne Du Maurier works, more than any other author. Two are famous: the Oscar-winning “Rebecca” (1940) and the creature-feature favorite “The
A lot has been made about the coming age of AI-generated scripts, but a movie like “Night Swim” (Peacock) makes me wonder if anyone will
A lot of Alfred Hitchcock films are driven by an appealing oddness. “Torn Curtain” (1966) leans more toward an unappealing oddness, leaving it short of