State-of-the-art CGI techniques should have ushered in a golden age of movies in which giant monsters fight each other – and thus, the Legendary MonsterVerse is a welcome addition to the cinematic landscape.
Cult film
MIDSOMMAR is a folk horror fever dream [review]
Commentary, Film and TelevisionAri Aster’s hotly-anticipated follow-up to Hereditary is a hallucinatory fever dream that fuses coming-of-age drama with vintage occult horror.
LORDS OF CHAOS is a different kind of rock biopic [review]
Commentary, Film and TelevisionJonas Åkerlund’s Lords of Chaos is a hyper-violent rock biopic that provides an intimate (and perhaps revisionist) take on notorious black metal band Mayhem.
Best F(r)iends Vol. 2 premiere w/Greg Sestero @ Mayfair Theatre
Arts Coverage, Commentary, Film and Television“I’ve done a lot of crazy shit,” said Greg Sestero, introducing his film Best F(r)iends Volume Two at the Mayfair Theatre Friday night. “This is the craziest movie I’ve ever made.”
Forget “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Watch “Bad Santa” instead.
Commentary, Film and TelevisionFew movies are as entrenched in the Christmas canon as A Christmas Carol, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, and Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life. But one of these films is not like the other.
Reclaiming the Room: Greg Sestero @ Globe Cinema
Arts Coverage
Tales from the Cryptkeeper: John Kassir @ Globe Cinema
Arts CoverageVoice actor John Kassir talked puns, puppets, and practical effects in Calgary.
Musings by Madison 