As our world becomes increasingly horrifying in new and unfathomable ways, there is no better time than now for horror to help us seek out a distraction from them. Unfortunately, this January’s releases have not provided as helpful of a distraction as I had hoped for — except for one film from one of my favorite directors that presented a fresh take on the traditional haunted house story.
“Light the candle to open the door, blow it out to close it.” This is one of the most important rules in the movie “Talk to Me” where main characters Mia, Jade and Riley, along with other characters close to them, play a new party game involving an embalmed hand and demon summoning which quickly turns deadly.
The heart-wrenching Irish film "Herself" follows a single mother as she escapes her abusive husband, only for her to find that the Dublin housing crisis leaves her and her two daughters without a permanent home.
Most people tend to think of Harley Quinn’s relationship with the Joker as her primary claim to fame. But the new solo Harley movie delivers an enjoyably quirky and unapologetically feminine piece that starts off 2020 on the right foot.
“The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” is an inspiring, well-made and important film, and there’s no doubt about that. It is still a well-told story of what it means to overcome, persevere and, maybe most importantly, survive.
Museum of Fine Arts and the Brattle Theatre hosted the inaugural Boston Women’s Film Festival and hosted screening for films that women featured in, such as “What They Had.”
LGBTQ culture can be translated into many different forms across many different countries. Certain organizations have taken strides in introducing the Boston community to this world-wide culture, including...
“The Witch” is an independent film that details the life of a Puritan family in 17th-century New England. After being cast out of the local settlement due to their fundamental religious ideals,...
Where does one even begin with “The Witch?” It’s been marketed as the best horror movie of 2016, but it won an award at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic category. It claims...
Being Brazilian, and more specifically being from Sao Paulo, I felt I had a patriotic obligation to watch and review esteemed Brazilian film and television director and producer Anna Muylaert’s latest...
Justin Simien, the director of “Dear White People,” given a limited released Oct. 17, really wants you to know he’s made a movie. More importantly, he wants you to think.
“I was really inspired...
