Minding the Gaps: ‘Death Valley’ (1982)
In which the quintessential late-'70s/early-'80s cute kid gets terrorized by a knife-wielding maniac.
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In Review: 'Petite Maman,' 'Memory'
This week, we review two very different films about memory: the latest feature from Céline Sciamma and a new Liam Neeson entry in the cínema du vengeance.
In Review: 'The Northman,' 'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent'
This week, Robert Eggers evokes Conan the Barbarian and 'Hamlet' in his bloody Viking epic, and Nicolas Cage's four-decade-long career is reflected in a meta-action hall of mirrors.
The ’80s in 40: ‘Little Darlings’ (March 21, 1980)
A chronological history of the 1980s via 40 films — one from each quarter of each year — kicks off with a camp comedy about youth gone (mildly) wild.
In Review: 'Paris, 13th District' and 'We're All Going to the World's Fair'
The director of 'A Prophet' finds crisscrossing lives and millennial ennui in the 13th arrondissement and an indie horror film logs into the melancholy terrors of an online community.