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    “The Cinema Within” Streaming & DVD May 20

    We were told in Film History 101 that spectators who first saw the Lumière brothers' 1896 film of a train rushing forward ("Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat") scared the audience, who thought it was going to leap from the screen and hit them. Turns out this didn't really happen. We were also told that it took a long time for audiences to...

    “The Old Woman with a Knife” opens May 16

    Someone once said that death is a punctuation mark in our lives we don't control. (Unless we commit suicide.) Serial murderers and assassins insert it into other lives multiple times. (A bullet, knife, poison–they all insert the period.) I've never liked films or TV shows about hit men. I don't find any humor or irony in the occupation and I refuse to watch them...
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    New Jean Rollin Doc Premieres on Arrow Streaming

    I confess I have never seen any of Jean Rollin’s films, but a new documentary about him has whetted my appetite for his work....

    “Huesera: The Bone Woman” opens in theaters today

    Making the threatened protagonist in a horror film a pregnant woman is a surefire way to double the anxiety and fear a spectator experiences....

    “Attachment” premieres on Shudder

    The 2022 horror film “Attachment” (premiering February 9 on the Shudder streaming service) takes its name from “dybbuk,” a term from Jewish mythology describing...

    Brooklyn Horror Film Fest: Wrap Up

    The Washington Post reported this week that 2022 was a huge year for horror films, perhaps because of post-pandemic desires for cinematic shocks or...

    Brooklyn Horror Film Festival: Dispatch One

    (above: still from "Mickey Dogface," a short film directed by Zach Fleming, from the "Local Invasion" showcase.) It’s October which means pumpkin in everything: pies,...

    Brooklyn Horror Film Fest: My Picks

    The 7th annual Brooklyn Horror Film Festival begins October 13 and runs until October 20. Go here for more info and to buy tickets...

    “Ringu” at Japan Society

    This Friday, October 7, the Japan Society of New York City will screen Hideo Nakata’s 1998 j-horror classic “Ringu” in their "monthly classics" series...

    Kino Lorber Launches Free Streaming Channel

    Kino Lorber recently launched a free streaming channel. It's available on the web, as an app for Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, iOS, and...