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A Case for 'Flow' Winning Best Animated Feature
A Case for ‘Flow’ Winning Best Animated Feature

In my opinion, no picture is more worthy of receiving best animated feature than Gints Zilbalodis’ Flow (2024).

"Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" 2025 Oscar snubs
Staff Inquiry: Biggest 2025 Oscars Snubs

The 97th Academy Awards are an odd mix of left-field critical darlings and huge movies.…

Why 'Heartstopper' Is Important
Why ‘Heartstopper’ Is Important

Heartstopper displayed- and with three seasons thus far, has continued to depict- a nuanced and vibrant portrait of life as an LGBTQ+ youth.

Sustainability on Set: How Green Practices in Film Production are Shaping the Future of Cinema
Sustainability on Set: How Green Practices in Film Production are Shaping the Future of Cinema

These practical steps forward are redefining what’s possible when creativity meets conservation in the filmmaking process.

THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE Criterion Review: Jean Eustache's Masterwork Arrives on 4K
THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE Criterion Review: Jean Eustache’s Masterwork Arrives on 4K

Criterion has prepared a 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray edition of Jean Eustache’s The Mother and the Whore, marking the first release of the film on the format.

Both Beautiful and Strange: Remembering David Lynch
Both Beautiful and Strange: Remembering David Lynch

Part of me did not want to write this. For one thing, despite it having…

Staff Inquiry: Top 10 Best Films of 2024

2024 was a year of big swings and big franchises. Last year, in 2023, the…

Top 5 Panic Attacks in Film & Television (And Why They're Important)
Top 5 Panic Attacks in Film & Television (And Why They’re Important)

In more recent years, movies and television shows have started to showcase this more difficult side of dealing with anxiety in spectacular fashion.

Away from the Hype: Godzilla (1954)
Away from the Hype: Godzilla (1954)

In this Away From the Hype we take a look at the 1954 Godzilla.

'I'm Not Even Supposed to Be Here Today': Celebrating 30 Years of Clerks
‘I’m Not Even Supposed to Be Here Today’: Celebrating 30 Years of Clerks

Clerks was an instant hit with festival audiences and cemented Kevin Smith as a name to watch. Thirty years later, how does it hold up?

PAPER MOON Criterion Review: The Bogdanovich Classic Comes to 4K
PAPER MOON Criterion Review: The Bogdanovich Classic Comes to 4K

Criterion’s new edition of Paper Moon is what so many have been long waiting for—a definitive release of this staple of 1970s American cinema.

family friendly spooky movies
Scaredy-Pants: 10 Family-Friendly Films to Watch This Spooky Season

Halloween is one of the most festive times of the year, and with it comes…

Why Feminist Horror Writers Are (Mostly) Unhappy About the Possession Remake

News that Robert Pattinson and Parker Finn are developing a “Possession” remake drew criticism from feminist horror writers and critics.

The Fleabags of Inisherin: Warrior Women and Feckin' Boring Men
The Fleabags of Inisherin: Warrior Women and Feckin’ Boring Men

Fleabag and The Banshees of Inisherin in particular live side by side when analysing the heated conversation around war and peace within men and women.

Revisiting CORALINE 15 Years Later

15 years later and Coraline is still scary, moving, funny, and aesthetically breathtaking.