the Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2013 EDA Award winners
12 Years a Slave and Gravity win big…
Carrie
Carrie review: women who hate women
I’m struck by the perversity of a story four decades old about religious misogyny and basic feminism and the perniciousness of bullying that still feels fresh and relevant…
can there be a good creative reason to redo Brian De Palma’s 1976 film? (Carrie trailer)
Maybe director Kimberly Peirce has found a reason…
question of the day: What 2013 movie are you most looking forward to?
Let’s get our geek on for the coming year!
Chronicle (review)
The superhero origin story we have become so very familiar with in its purest form, stripped of all the pulp and all the camp that has accreted around the genre.
retro trailer: ‘Carrie’
I’m seeing Disney’s Prom tomorrow morning. I hope it’s as good as this.
The Exorcist, Lost Souls, and Possessed movies review: sympathy for the devil
Do screenwriters bother with characterization or motive for Old Scratch? Rarely — the Prince of Darkness is supposed to just coast on his rep as the Ultimate Bad Dude, and yet those selfsame screenwriters must, by storytelling necessity, declaw him, prevent him from taking full advantage of the hellish forces at his command.
