“The Fog”: Women in Classic Horror
The Fog follows more of a 1950s creature feature plot than a late-70s slasher with three legendary scream queens.

Hoang asked his two closest friends, Thy and Long, to help him fulfill his final wish: to become a man before he dies. Through the efforts of his friends and family, Hoang comes to realize that his greatest happiness doesn’t lie in “becoming a man,” but in living alongside the incredible people who love and support him unconditionally.
The Fog follows more of a 1950s creature feature plot than a late-70s slasher with three legendary scream queens.
The French-born director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s strategic choice to entrust the interpretation of a conventional, feminine character to a non-binary actor pays off: Corrin’s Lady Chatterley is awkward, edgy, and uninhibited at the same time.
Housefull 5 attempts something bold with two endings — but does the gamble pay off? Read this spoiler-filled review for a breakdown of both versions, standout moments, and why it might be the franchise’s most forgettable entry yet.
Tran Quoc Bao succeeds in telling us a story about martial arts, human decay, and friendship. The originality shown by his filmmaking is admirable and brings fresh air to the classic Chinese martial arts genre.
A man invents the internet with the help of an otherworldly force. But he soon learns that not all is what it seems. A delightful sequence of images for a delightful fictional story about what lies behind.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.