- John Hansen
- October 19, 2024
‘Teacup’ extends the ubiquity of Puzzle Box shows
There have been so many Puzzle Box (as in “Where the hell are we?” and “What the heck is going on?”) shows since “Lost” (2004-10)
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- Tom Simmons
- October 18, 2024
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
- John Hansen
- October 17, 2024
‘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.
- John Hansen
- October 16, 2024
‘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
- John Hansen
- October 16, 2024
‘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
- John Hansen
- October 15, 2024
‘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
- John Hansen
- October 12, 2024
‘Beloved’ (1987) makes brutal U.S. history achingly personal
Even the horrible things of the past must not be forgotten, lest we repeat them. It’s like Toni Morrison was chosen as a vessel to
- John Hansen
- October 11, 2024
‘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
- John Hansen
- October 10, 2024
‘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
- John Hansen
- October 9, 2024
‘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