Joe Swanberg

‘The Rental’ (2020) plays up creepiness of being a stranger in a strange home

With each new societal innovation, horror movies must follow. Such has been the case this decade with “vacation rental horror.” With the rise of Airbnb

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‘V/H/S’ (2012) an intense trip of found-footage horror

There’s something about faux-found-footage horror that brings out the a**h*** in people. Put a camera on them and their worst traits come out. This is

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‘Happy Christmas’ (2014) is low-budget and low-key

Writer-director Joe Swanberg, as he did the previous year with “Drinking Buddies,” delivers a slice of life in “Happy Christmas” (2014), titled with purposeful inaccuracy.

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‘Drinking Buddies’ delves into the emotional mechanics of love (Movie review)

“Drinking Buddies” is proof that a movie can be enjoyable to watch even if it fails to make a resonant thematic point. It realistically shows how

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