Halloween Ends

Michael Myers has disappeared and Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) is writing a memoir, but Haddonfield will soon be shaken by fresh violence that can be traced back to a…

L’Eclisse

The third part in the trilogy that began with L’Avventura (1960) is equally marked by existential angst, as Vittoria (Monica Vitti, who’s been a constant in all three films) ends…

Coming Home: How to Have an Orgasm

Jon Voight and Jane Fonda. Photo: United Artists One of the most important moments in this critically lauded but perhaps slightly forgotten film is a sex scene. Jane Fonda, who…

Jurassic World: Dominion

Owen and Claire (Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard) are hiding in the wilderness together with a girl who harbors a scientifically stunning secret; soon, they face a threat from a…

Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Toon Troubles

Bob Hoskins. Photo: Buena Vista This is one of my earliest memories of going to the movies. My dad took me to see it and I had recently started wearing…

Don’t Worry Darling

Victory, California, is a perfect 1950s community built in the desert where the men work for a secret project and their wives take care of the home… but there are…

A Madea Family Funeral

Madea (Tyler Perry) and her family and friends travel to a party celebrating a 40th wedding anniversary, little dreaming that it’ll end in a funeral. Originally thought to be the…

Lilies of the Field

When Homer Smith (Sidney Poitier) makes a stop in the Arizona desert, he meets a group of German-speaking nuns whose mother superior (Lilia Skala) believes that she can make Homer…

Assault on Precinct 13: Standoff at Anderson

Photo: Turtle Releasing Organization After writing Dark Star (1974) together with John Carpenter, Dan O’Bannon found his friendship with the director deteriorating. He detected a coolness in Carpenter’s attitude that…

Prey

In 1710, a young aspiring female Comanche warrior (Amber Midthunder) gets a chance to prove her mettle as a mysterious, invisible enemy haunts the forest. It turns out Arnold Schwarzenegger…