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Pearl – Video Essay | JoBlo

Ti West channels the essence of ‘70s and ‘80s horror films through his extreme attention to detail when it comes to production design, as well as his frequent use of natural lighting and minimalist sound design. Films such as The Roost (2005), The House of the Devil (2009), and In a Valley of Violence (2016)… Read more

April 8, 2025
Párvulos: Children of the Apocalypse – Review

Children are our future. Although how involved the process should be is often not uniform across various cultural and social lines, every generation is tasked with paving the path for the next generation to carry on society–or so we would hope. Coming-of-age experiences differ whether you were raised to be a latchkey kid or if… Read more

April 4, 2025
Cannibal Mukbang – Review | MovieJawn

Cannibalism is hard for many audiences to stomach. Visceral depictions of teeth biting into human flesh can still get under the skins of even some of the most seasoned horror fans. From the thrillers that rose during the “Cannibal Boom” of the 1970s and ‘80s–often featuring cannibalistic tribes and families in a way that enforced… Read more

April 3, 2025
The Cell (2000) – Video Essay | JoBlo

25 years ago, director Tarsem Singh did just that and embarked on a bold mission to literally go inside the mind of a criminal by masterfully morphing a crime thriller into surrealist sci-fi horror in The Cell Read more

March 22, 2025
Borderline – Review | Offscreen Central

Writer of hilarious genre films like Cocaine Bear and The Babysitter, Jimmy Warden is back but this time he is in the director’s chair with a comedy-thriller about a delusional stalker and a pop-star who just wants to survive. Read more

March 22, 2025
Final Girls Berlin Film Festival: Wrap Up! | MovieJawn

“The tenth annual Final Girls Berlin Film Festival is in the books. As our world continues to evolve, as progress is met with regression, and unpacking our existence means exposing new wounds, a film space like Final Girls Berlin continues to be a beacon of light and a hopeful reminder of the ways women and Read more

March 22, 2025