Though the Michael Myers saga continues, David Gordon Green’s 'Halloween' is the perfect ending to John Carpenter’s 1978 film and the character of Laurie Strode as a whole.…
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The fathers and daughters of horror films have a lot to teach us about toxic masculinity and the changing roles of women onscreen.…
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Jim Jarmusch’s mosaic of metropolises interweaves idiosyncratic humor and insightful humanism, bringing lonely souls together and then scattering them to the wind.…
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s “Halloween” and Supernatural’s “Shut Up, Dr. Phil” both tackle gender roles and toxic masculinity. However, while “Halloween” prioritizes the growth of its characters, “Shut Up, Dr. Phil” keeps the status quo.…
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Mike Flanagan and Park Chan-wook take the same idea — what if a priest was doing more than drinking the blood of Christ? — and spin strikingly different meditations on religion, faith, and morality out of it.…
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For many, Tim Burton’s films were a childhood staple, but perhaps only in adulthood can we appreciate just how far he pushed the boundaries of the children’s horror genre…
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In the postmodern slasher classic 'Scream,' Stu Macher stands out among his more conventional character counterparts as a man with realistic violent motivations rooted in misogyny and a desperate need for male approval.…
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'All My Puny Sorrows' is a well-acted adaptation with real pain at its core, but feels overly verbose and affected in its dialogue to feel fully natural.…
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The 21st Bond film won the key to the door in opening up a new golden age for 007.…
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With the stage set for an all-female sequel to the sleeper hit, what did the original ‘Chronicle’ teach us about adolescence and manhood?…
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