Uncanniness is the most elusive emotion for a horror movie to try to instill in its audience. Dread can be found by waiting in the dark, and shock can just jump from around a corner, but eerie uncanniness is hard to pin down. Defined by Sigmund Freud himself, the uncanny is “in...

“The Devil Wears Prada” endures as an iconic stand-alone parable, though it is made somewhat less iconic by the fact that it is no longer stand-alone. Released May 1, “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” an unsolicited sequel made 20 years after the original, might serve as evidence...

Warning: Spoilers ahead. We all want the kind of storybook romances we see on the big screen, but what do we do when baggage renders that idealized love impossible to achieve? This simple but achingly worrisome tension sits at the heart of Kristoffer Borgli’s “The Drama.”...

Pixar has been in somewhat of a slump lately. Sure, it can still crank out a hit every year, but with a filmography full of corporate, uninspired sequels and spin-offs like “Incredibles 2” and “Lightyear” and undercooked, featherlight flicks like “Elio” and “Elemental,”...

The sun is dying. The stars are dying. Soon, Earth will be dying, and you are tasked with saving it.  In a world burdened by existential dread and heavenly crises, “Project Hail Mary” rockets audience members’ fears out of the stratosphere with refreshing cinematography,...

Released March 6, “The Bride!,” with its triumphant exclamation point and promotional posters that prefaced the title with “here comes the motherf***ing,” presents the image of a countercultural, avant-garde, wall-smashing movie.  Reframing “Bride of Frankenstein”...

“Wuthering Heights,” Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel of the same name, hit theatres Feb. 13 and proved to be a bastardized rendition with little substance beyond the director’s surrealistic fantasy. The film showcased Fennell’s imaginative,...

February often feels like a race to couple up, with Valentine’s Day as the fast-approaching finish line. Craving a relationship, a meet-cute or a sense of domesticity can be overwhelming — and turning on rom-coms like “When Harry Met Sally” or “10 Things I Hate About...

Their story begins in 1938. At the time, eight major film companies — including Paramount Pictures and Twentieth Century-Fox — sought to control the film industry through their sole ownership of film distribution and exhibition. Ten years later, in 1948, after delays...