Tag Archives: cult-movies

Let’s lead with the good news first: Key and Peele are back! Kind of. The sketch comedy duo who once gave us the greatest college-football roll calls of all time, and repeatedly mentioned that Liam Neesons (plural) were their jam, have briefly reunited in the name of giving future Goth …

If you’ve ever booked an Airbnb in a strange, new neighborhood, then Barbarian — the buzzy, word-of-mouth sleeper thriller — is the uneasy, horror-filled film for you. After becoming an unlikely hit, grossing over $42 million worldwide at the box office against a $4.5 million budget, you can now catch …

What’s scarier than a spooky Halloween? In 2022, it might be the pressure that comes with picking the perfect costume. In recent, more internet-focused, years, Halloween and its ingrained dress code have become an annual chance to prove that you’re culturally savvy, or at least have an hour to stand …

“I just don’t like ya no more.” In terms of sentences that have kickstarted wars and caused bloodshed, this simple utterance is pretty tame. It’s not as declarative as “The world must be safe for democracy,” not as inspirational as “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on …

If you know the work of Park Chan-wook — key member of the Korean New Wave, cinematic agent provocateur, architect of the greatest hammer fight sequence ever — then you know this is a filmmaker who isn’t afraid of high style. His motto seems to be that if it’s baroque, …

In the dead of night, at a remote mansion tucked far away from prying eyes, a group of men and women convene. They’re appearances are all the more ghastly by the room’s atmospheric lighting; some seem to have not slept or seen sunlight for days. Each person eyes the others …

You have to admire a commitment to a bit, especially if you’re a film like Smile and in the possession of a simple, genius, creepier-than-thou conceit. Let’s cut to the chase: Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) is a therapist working in the psychiatric wing of a hospital. A patient comes …

Around the midway point of Catherine Called Birdy, Lena Dunham‘s deliriously fun yet pointed adaptation of Karen Cushman’s YA book, our hero — a 14 year-old named Catherine, nicknamed (surprise!) “Birdy,” played remarkably and brilliantly by Bella Ramsey — begins to list off what girls are not allowed to do. …

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: A woman is staying in a mysterious house. She hears a noise one night, which leads her to explore the house. Inevitably, she discovers the dwelling has a basement. (Don’t go in the basement.) She calls out, peering into the dimly lit …

It’s always tempting to fetishize single-shot sequences — to look for visible seams in their making, to wonder how many times it took to nail the final take, to get caught up in the meticulous, Milton Bradley’s Mouse Trap choreography of it all. Some are great, some are merely show-offy, …