In a certain part of Denver, there is a courtyard that holds four houses. Two of them are empty now, but when they were first built, they belonged to a quartet of sisters who had done plenty of traveling over their surprisingly long lifetimes: The sisters had come most recently from wooded, green, and rainy […]
Read more "A Family Saga with Bones in the Cellar: Melanie Tem’s Wilding"When Margaret (Nell Tiger Free) comes to Rome to finish her apprenticeship at a nun-run orphanage and move into finally taking her own vows and joining the brides of Christ, she is understandably thrilled. This will be the culmination of the hard work she has been doing thus far and it will lead to good […]
Read more "The Miracle of Life Is Messy: The First Omen (2024)"When she was young, Cathy (Christine Moore) was terrified of imaginary monsters, which her pathological mother said would “get” her. These spectral beings waited in the stairwell or in the walls of her bedroom, emerging after dark to gaze upon her, to murmur or wail, to reach for her. Nightmarish situation, but not as much […]
Read more "You Shouldn’t Go Home Again: The Lurkers (1987)"The summer they were eleven, Naomi, Cassidy, and Liv loved to play together in the woods. Young girls exploring their own wildness, they had the “Goddess game” to give them little quests, roles, and identities borrowed from classic mythology. However, that game came to a crashing end when Cass and Liv emerged soaked in blood. […]
Read more "Worrying Deceptions: Kate Alice Marshall’s What Lies in the Woods"Valeria (Natalia Solián) and Raúl (Alfonso Dosal) are finally taking the next step in their relationship, and the good news is they’re expecting. Cells that will eventually make the leap into a little girl are even now growing inside of the mother, and the changes that come with this are arriving as expected. Morning sickness, […]
Read more "Nightmare Pregnancy: Huesera: The Bone Woman"On the bleak Welsch countryside, a woman is fished out of the sea, near to drowning, possibly from suicide. She is soon transported to a clinic for help. However, the help she receives is rather unhelpful. What follows is a series of moments, scenes, skits, and sketches that vary from the utterly absurd to the […]
Read more "Knock & Wait: The Other Side of the Underneath"It was a chance encounter for Cecilia (Aisha Dee) to run into her childhood bff Emma (Hannah Barlow) at the corner mart. When they were kids, they were inseparable, but all that changed when they were eleven or twelve and they drifted apart. Emma doesn’t seem to recall the specifics, but Cecilia sure does. Like […]
Read more "I Am Special, I Am Loved, I Am Enough, I Am Doing My Best: Sissy (2022)"Paula Alquist (Ingrid Bergman) lost her mother at an early age and her aunt at an older one. However, a decade after losing her aunt, Paula has met a charming man, the one person who can convince her not to pursue a career in music. Gregory Anton (Charles Boyer) is a composer and a romantic, […]
Read more "Did I Dream? I Must’ve Dreamed: Gaslight"When Julia (Maika Monroe) and Francis (Karl Glusman) arrive in Bucharest, the night is lit up like it’s Christmas. The cabdriver (Tudor Petrut) is a jokey sort. The landlady in their apartment building is welcoming though a tad hurried. The apartment is spacious and the neighborhood seems nice enough. It’s a perfect home base for […]
Read more "The Shape Across the Way: Watcher"Claire (Najarra Townsend) is more than a professional stylist. She is an artist with hair. Just ask late night, spontaneous appointment Sarah (Jennifer Seward) . . . well, don’t ask her, actually. She won’t have much good to say. Instead, ask longtime customer Olivia (Brea Grant), who is practically pleading with the woman to do […]
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