‘Earthlings’ (2018) gives shocking insider insight into outsiders
Book club book report: Japanese author Sayaka Murata daringly highlights taboos, forcing us to rethink what’s automatically “wrong.”
‘Earthlings’ (2018) gives shocking insider insight into outsiders
Return to Britain serves up ‘Frenzy’ (1972) of great plotting
On a Hitchcock kick (Movie review): Writer Anthony Shaffer collaborates on Hitchcock’s greatest British film – more than three decades after he moved to Hollywood.
Lansbury takes crack at Marple in ‘The Mirror Crack’d’ (1980)
Sleuthing Sunday (Movie review): While the actress isn’t my idea of Christie’s sleuth, the plotting and acting are strong in this adaptation.
‘MaXXXine’ wades into belly of beast to cap ‘X’ trilogy
Movie review: Mia Goth concludes Maxine’s story and Kevin Bacon steals the show as Ti West piles on Eighties moral grime.
Ricci’s ‘The Gathering’ (2003) is well-meaning, cliched church horror
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Writer Anthony Horowitz (“Poirot”) teases out an original theme from a too-familiar package.
‘The Third Man’ (1949) doesn’t even need a third man to be great
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Starring Cotten and Welles, this is one of the definitive film noirs, elevated by great dialog and fascinating oddities.
‘The Trouble with Harry’ (1955) is that it’s so different
On a Hitchcock kick (Movie review): Still, this light-dark comedy-drama is worth a watch, and it features perhaps the best scenery in a Hitch film.
‘Cobra Kai’ eventually gets its kicks back in Season 6, Part 1
TV review: The storytelling and characters are at black-belt level, but the fight choreography and camera work have fallen off.
‘The Princess and the Goblin’ (1991) isn’t slick, but it has childlike wonder
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Music-hating, tender-footed goblins threaten a royal family in this flawed but fascinating animated film.
‘Saboteur’ (1942) again features a man on the run, but it’s not old yet
On a Hitchcock kick (Movie review): In one of his elite early films after coming stateside, Hitch directs a coast-to-coast suspenser.