James (Daniel Stern) and James (Jonas Chernick) have a talk in James vs His Future Self. Canadian science-fiction comedy James vs. His Future Self (2019) sees older James (genre-film stalwart Daniel Stern in a thoroughly engaging performance) travel back in ...
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This year’s Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN; Bucheon, South Korea) boasted some fine international crime cinema as part of its intriguing selection of genre-film fare.
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As rich in family drama as it is in its fear-fare elements, Relic looks at generational and familial dynamics.
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Cosmic horror and body horror make for a potent, deadly duo in The Beach House (2019), the debut feature from writer/director Jeffrey A. Brown. Though the film serves up tropes previously explored by the likes of H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen ...
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The film avoids the tropes of “lovers facing a terminal illness” movies for the most part, offering instead a quirky, sometimes acerbic, original take on such subject matter.
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Strange times call for strange entertainment, and genre film fanatics looking for something unusual to watch these days should get a kick out of the American Genre Film Archive’s AGFA Mystery Mixtape series, which mashes together vintage television and home ...
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Irish/U.S./U.K./Swedish/Belgian coproduction Sea Fever (2019) is a tense, thrilling creature feature boasting compelling drama and fine performances. From writer/director Neasa Hardiman — who has previously worked on the Marvel Netflix series Inhumans(2017) and Jessica Jones (2015) — the film focuses ...
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The Flower in Hell Korean classic The Flower in Hell (Jiokhwa; 1958) is a gritty drama with a memorable climax that uses thriller and horror elements to great effect. It is also an eye-opening time capsule of South Korea in ...
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In the Korean chiller The Devil’s Stairway (Maeui Gyedan [1964]; AKA The Evil Stairs), director Lee ManHui combines film noir light and shade flourishes with thriller and horror elements, with a bit of melodrama added for good measure. The result ...
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As I sorted through the newly released albums that arrived one day in 1984 at the record store where I worked, I came across a record that grabbed me with its striking cover image. I had never heard of this ...
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