Lena Wilson’s Top 10 Films Of 2021
Here we are again — another year that somehow felt both five seconds and twelve eons long has come to a close. For me, a big highlight was definitely getting to see movies in theaters again (post-vaccination a...
The Best Cinematography Of 2021
We celebrate the movies at this time of year, and in the wild rush to praise directors and actors for all that nifty directing and acting they did over the last 365 days, we all tend to forget that cinema is a...
The 15 Best Horror Films Of 2021
Let it be known that this was a particularly fascinating year for horror. As always, we saw our fair share of low-budget and arthouse horror titles, but 2021 was also a year where horror went mainstream in sev...
The Best Films Of 2021, So Far
Look, thanks to that godforsaken pandemic, which messed up the Oscars and the entire calendar year, it's kind of hard to make the Best Films Of The Year, So Far feature because so many films were kind of relea...
‘Censor’ Trailer: Prano Bailey-Bond’s Visually Stunning Sundance Breakout Arrives In June
You could make an argument that the psychological thriller genre has grown a bit stale over the years. What used to be an interesting place to showcase character studies about truly disturbing people has turne...
‘Censor’: Prano Bailey-Bond’s Ode To Bloody VHS Horror Is A Disturbing Glimpse At Traumatic Memories [Sundance Review]
If the people censoring inappropriate images out of films are there to protect the people from unnecessary horrors, who protects those protectors? In the new ‘80s-set, blood-soaked thriller, “Censor,” the answ...
The 25 Most Anticipated Horror Movies Of 2021
Pandemic life may have been horror enough for most, and no, this isn’t some comment on Inauguration Day, but those of us who find comfort in giving ourselves the creeps have been in a bit of a drought. Last ye...
52 Films Directed By Women To Watch In 2021
Every year is a good year to stan female directors, but 2021 has cooked us up a real feast. Acting veterans like Rebecca Hall, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robin Wright, and Halle Berry are finally claiming their direct...
25 Most Anticipated 2021 Sundance Film Festival Premieres
The fact there are even 72 selections for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival is something of a miracle. The fall festivals had the benefit of movies that mostly shot before the pandemic hit in March. Outside of t...