The first time I encountered the writing of Cathy O’Brien was in 2014. I had binged the first season of True Detective, and I was scouring the Internet to better understand just what the hell creator Nic Pizzolatto was going ...

“Is it ‘saucers, Satanists, or CIA?’: All have received accusing glances as the mutilations investigation has proceeded. The ‘answers’ may lie with any of these—or with all—or with none.” ~ Thomas R. Adams, Project Stigmata, March 1978 The image that ...

They Live (1988) We all see patterns. In information, in art, in life. We look because we need to find meaning and purpose, to tell ourselves that our lives aren’t arbitrary and random. The world isn’t chaos; everything has structure ...

When Hollywood says based on a true story—okay, what percentage?” asks Mick McNamara, one half of Canada’s first team of action heroes. “Is it 98 or two percent bullshit?  According to Mick, the movies he made with his brother Martin ...

It’s now a truism that liberals run Hollywood. Survey and polling data suggests that Democratic political candidates outperform Republicans to a significant degree among creatives and business people in Hollywood. And for the tech-addicted among us, there’s anecdotal evidence in ...

Possession films have inhabited the minds of horror fans since the release of William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973). Friedkin’s film shaped how we think of possession and, in turn, how we make movies about it. Possession films are judged for ...

What do you think of when you see the words “erotic” and “thriller” placed together in sequence? Is it Glenn Close telling Michael Douglas “I’m not going to be ignored, Dan!”? Or is it Shannon Whirry, in lingerie, staring at ...

1980 was a pivotal year for New York City. It hosted the Democratic National Convention, flooding the city with thousands of tourists. New construction was also beginning to change the landscape and attract young people back after decades of abandonment. ...

The good news: Jordan Peele’s Us (2019) broke records with its opening weekend haul of $70 million, guaranteeing we are likely to see more horror films in theaters in the immediate future. The better news: Jordan Peele’s Us isn’t a ...

William Sachs didn’t set out to make the definitive mockumentary on the paranormal. “I was approached by Donn Davison, the producer and host of the film, about making a documentary about UFOs and other related phenomenon,” he wrote via email. ...