The Babadook is actually much scarier than this. Sorry, cat. (My review.)
curated cinema: home is where the ill wind blows
2016’s Under the Shadow is on Netflix (and lots of other services) on both sides of the Atlantic.
Babadook
curated cinema: the monster in the basement is your pain
2014’s The Babadook is on Netflix, and lots of other services, on both sides of the Atlantic.
Your Monster movie review: embrace the beast
Sure, the humor may be bitter, the horror may be audacious, and the overriding genre may be “anti-romance.” But this hugely original, grimly delightful howl of feminine rage is actually kinda sweet.
#DailyStream weekly roundup
The #DailyStream is a once-per-day, single-movie-only streaming recommendation that appears both at my Substack and Patreon, and in truncated forms across my social media. They are free for everyone.
Full Time (À plein temps) movie review: mother of invention
This relentless, heart-in-your-throat, ticking-clock thriller about precarious single-motherhood could not be more timely or more intimate. As real, and as recognizably stressful, as the genre gets.
Under the Shadow movie review: evil on the wind, and in the home
A sinister tapestry of urban unease and feminist fury that turns an ordinary domestic setting into a place of skulking terror. Original and deeply creepy.
A Monster Calls movie review: the monster is within us all
A fairy tale of the Grimm sort: no happy ending, no heroes or villains, just hard truths about life and human nature. Important, beautiful, heartbreaking.
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death movie review: orphan blech
Thinks it’s hitting notes of subconscious dread, but it’s just swinging a sledgehammer of tropes and hoping one of them sticks. (Spoiler: None do.)
the Babadook for Christmas
You can’t get rid of the Babadook. Not even at Christmas.
