Broncho Billy and the Escaped Bandit (1915)

The relationship between the characters is what makes this film stand out, and it’s just all-around fun.

The Gates, John Burr’s new thriller film, is a disturbingly realistic portrayal of three Black twenty-somethings - Derek (Mason Gooding), Kevin (Algee Smith), and Tyon (Keith Powers), as they accidentally take a wrong turn into a gated community that’s more like a modern-day sundown town. The three friends witness a variety of crimes in their new surroundings, including an attempted homicide and an attempted rape. As they attempt to alert the authorities and do the right thing, they are thwarted at every turn by the worst horror stories of American conservatism - racist white suburbanites, reckless gun violence, corrupt police, religious mania, and a megalomaniacal pastor. 

Unknown Origins promises a cool spin on superheroes and serial killers, but ultimately delivers cheap comedy.

This year, in light of the pandemic and the inability to gather with our loved ones, a few of our staff members reviewed their favorite holiday films with the hope of recreating some of the sentimentality that reminds us of home.

The repeated actions, the blood on the petals, the rustling under the floor…An ambient short horror film takes us into another realm.

Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning musical translates beautifully to the screen.