Katie Rife
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The 10 Best Horror Films of 2024 | Features

Perhaps unsurprisingly for a group that self-selects for gothy wallflowers, “horror people” tend to have a bit of a persecution complex. As such,

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Tokyo International Film Festival 2024: Godzilla Turns 70 | Festivals & Awards

I’ve seen the original “Godzilla” three times in theaters. Most films benefit from being seen on a big screen, and “Godzilla” especially so:

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Strange Darling movie review & film summary (2024)

The reason “Strange Darling” gets a marginal pass is that the film seems to truly believe that its subversions are empowering. Its intentions—and

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The Adams Family Gets Goopy in Hell Hole | Interviews

What happens when you take DIY auteurs and put them on a professional movie set? That was what happened when Toby Poser and

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This Closeness movie review & film summary (2024)

That’s a type of intimacy. So is the relationship between Ben and his childhood friend Lizzie (Jessie Pinnick), who don’t see each other

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Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World movie review (2024)

“Do Not Expect…” culminates in a masterfully executed sequence that distills the film’s themes into a single, unbroken shot—ostensibly the raw footage from

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Io Capitano movie review & film summary (2024)

Cannes darling Matteo Garrone (“Gomorrah“) turns his best intentions towards following two Senegalese immigrants on the dangerous trip across Africa and into Italy.

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She Is Conann movie review & film summary (2024)

Throughout Conann’s multiple incarnations, one character stays consistent. Rainer (Elina Löwensohn)—a tribute to Fassbinder? Wouldn’t be surprising—is a perverse dog-faced oracle in a

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The Best Horror Films of 2023 | Features

“Perpetrator” “Perpetrator” is a singular work from an utterly singular filmmaker. Jennifer Reeder’s visionary films take place in a deadpan dimension populated with

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Frybread Face and Me movie review (2023)

Isolated and out of place, Benny finds companionship in the form of his cousin Dawn (Charley Hogan), whom everyone calls Frybread Face because

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