So far, Annihilation is my second favorite movie of the year (right behind You Were Never Really Here, which you can read about here). And while I’ve read plenty of excellent articles about how the movie thinks about self-destruction (particularly this piece for Vulture), I haven’t read too much about the film’s beauty, outside of…
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Hereditary‘s Focus on the Family Inverts Horror Movie Tropes
Hereditary might be scarier than The Exorcist. Okay, I know that’s the laziest cliché a critic can use to describe a horror movie, so let me atone for it by giving more detail. In one of the The Exorcist’s most infamous scenes, the demon Pazuzu forces little Regan (Linda Blair) to spew profanity at her…
Think Christian:Rose of Star Wars
One of my core beliefs is that art is better with more voices in the room. Everyone deserves to have their stories told and heard, and the telling of different stories enriches not only the lives of those who relate with them, but also those who don’t understand them at all. Stories make us all…
How to Talk to Girls at Parties Smashes Genres Into An Unsatisfying Mess
How to Talk to Girls at Parties is nostalgic romp through industrial England during the early days of punk. No, that’s not quite right — it’s a romance about two lovers from vastly different backgrounds. Well, no, it’s a philosophical sci-fi movie about the nature of parenting and purity. No, no, it’s a broad comedy…
