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    Every Film I Saw in 2024

    Above: "Do Not Expect Too Much For The End of the World" (My favorite film of the year.) (in the order that I saw them; unless dated it was a 2024 release) Undercover Girl (1950) Timebomb Y2K Onlookers Edward Hopper (PBS) Napoleon (2023) The Disappearance of Shere Hite (2023) The Curse (Season 1) True Detective (Season 4) Next Goal Wins (2023) June (2023) The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Batman Begins (2005) The Dark Knight (2008) Ferrari (2023) Fallen Leaves (2023) Madame...

    DOC NYC 2024: “My Sweet Land,” “Yalla Parkour” and more

    Here are brief reviews of some of my favorite films from this month's DOC NYC festival. "My Sweet Land" is a briskly paced, beautifully edited portrait of an 11-year-old Nagorno-Karabakh Armenian boy caught with his family in the series of wars against Azerbaijan which have greatly reduced the land that was once part of Armenia. The boy is remarkably positive given the circumstances and follows...
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    “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...