In Review: 'Pleasure,' 'The Innocents'
This week, Scandinavian filmmakers offer two different journeys from something like innocence to experience: one set in the L.A. porn industry, the other in a mirthless Norwegian apartment complex.
‘Dirty Dancing’ Is a Movie About Abortion
Amidst the dancing and romance, the surprise 1987 hit depicts the perils and restrictions of pre-Roe America. Its frankness made it an outlier then — but also now.
Who Was 'Darkman'?
The summer after 'Batman,' director Sam Raimi made his major-studio debut with a modestly budgeted, original superhero movie. We wouldn't see its kind again.
In Review: 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,' 'Hatching'
Sam Raimi takes on the MCU, in every sense of that phrase, in the second 'Doctor Strange' film. Meanwhile, in Finland, a girl brings home an egg and has to deal with the consequences.
The State of the Noé
With his latest films, 'Vortex' and 'Lux Æterna,' opening in successive weeks, it's time to check in on one of modern cinema's most committed provocateurs.
Minding the Gaps: ‘Death Valley’ (1982)
In which the quintessential late-'70s/early-'80s cute kid gets terrorized by a knife-wielding maniac.