A review of the new sci-fi/horror film, on Paramount+ now — I went into directors Dan Berk and Robert Olsen’s new film Significant Other knowing nothing but the cast. At this point, anything Maika Monroe does is worth a look; the It Follows star blew me away this year in Watcher, and thanks to her strong track record, I’ll pretty much…

A review of the new giallo, coming to Shudder on October 14th — Legendary director Dario Argento hasn’t made a classic in a while, to put it mildly. His new film Dark Glasses isn’t one, either, but that’s okay; not everything needs to be. …

A review of the new drama, at film festivals now — At a recent Q&A after Outfest’s Legacy Centerpiece screening of Far From Heaven, Julianne Moore told the audience, “I only want to go to the movies to see people talking. They don’t even have to do anything.” I’m often the same way; I am happiest when I am watching beautiful…

A review of the new horror film, at Fantasia Festival now (and on Shudder soon) — “Did you hear the one about the guy stuck in the bathroom with a god?” asks Wes (Ryan Kwanten) a little bit into Rebekah McKendry’s horror feature Glorious. He’s talking to the disembodied voice (JK Simmons) coming from the mysteriously-dark stall next to him, a voice that claims to belong…

A review of the new YA film, at Outfest and on Amazon Prime — “What do you want to remember from high school?” Kelsa (Eva Reign) is a high school senior in Pittsburgh. She’s looking forward to graduating and heading off to college, hopefully bound for New York or Los Angeles, excited to live somewhere where no one knows who she is. Because Kelsa…

A review of the new comedy, at Outfest and on Amazon Prime now — In My Fake Boyfriend, stuntman Andrew (Keiynan Lonsdale) is convinced by his best friends Jake (Dylan Sprouse) and Kelly (Sarah Hyland) to let them deep-fake him a boyfriend for social media. …

A review of the new film, screening at Outfest LA — The concept of the Chekhov’s gun is a cliché at this point; every film fan knows that if there’s a gun in the first act, it’s gonna go off by the end. Unidentified Objects might be the first movie I’ve ever seen with a Chekhov’s Chekhov, though. The film’s main…

A review of the new horror film, at Fantasia Festival now — Cecilia (Aisha Dee) is popular. Sure, she was bullied as a kid—don’t call her Sissy—but now she’s an influencer, a self-help guru with more than 200K followers on Instagram. She guides her fans through hyperventilation sessions, seated in a rope circle on the ground that functions as her “safe space.”…

An interview with the director of ‘Swallowed’ and ‘The Ruins’ — “There’s a whole weird, dark web of fucked-up shit happening in my mind,” horror director Carter Smith tells me. He’s talking about his photo series All the Dead Boys, which is part horror and part porn, perfectly walking the line between sexy and scary. The drop-dead-gorgeous models in his pictures…