Wolf Man (2024 | USA | 103 minutes | Leigh Whannell) When director Leigh Whannell was tapped by Universal Pictures a few …
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Nosferatu takes Robert Eggers Back to the Gothic Well
Nosferatu (2024 | USA, UK, Hungary | 133m | Robert Eggers) Writer/director Robert Eggers represents a genuine rarity in modern cinema—an idiosyncratic auteur who’s …
Are you not entertained by Gladiator II? It depends
Gladiator II (2024 | USA/United Kingdom | 148 minutes | Ridley Scott) Director Ridley Scott’s Gladiator became a stealth box-office smash back in …
Smile 2 serves up a Popstar Horror Picture Show
Smile 2 (2024 | USA | 127 minutes | Parker Finn) On a superficial level, Smile 2, writer/director Parker Finn’s sequel to …
A Legendary Italian Composer Lends Live Backup to a Horror Classic
Italian horror cinema from the ‘70s and ‘80s has amassed a fervent cult over the last four decades, and one of the …
Maxxxine Serves up Girl Power Marinated in Gore and Grime
Maxxxine (2024 | USA | 104 minutes | Ti West) Maxxxine may be set in a Reagan-era Los Angeles that’s been buffed …
Slasher Tropes Get Deconstructed, In a Violent Nature
In a Violent Nature (2024 | Canada | 93 minutes | Chris Nash) Any filmmaker who takes on the tropes of horror cinema with …
SIFF 2024 Notebook: The Primevals
The Primevals (2023 | USA | 90 minutes | David Allen) It sounds strange with hindsight, but there was a time when …
SIFF 2024 Notebook: I Saw the TV Glow, Dragon Superman, and Oddity
I Saw the TV Glow (2024 | USA | 100 minutes | Jane Schoenbrun) Jane Schoenbrun’s mesmerizing follow-up to We’re All Going …
Tony’s Favorite Films of 2023
In 2022 it felt like moviegoing came (almost) all the way back (for the seemingly dwindling number of people who were willing to go into the theaters). As the year winds to a close, we’re sharing lists of our favorite films we’ve seen (so far).