Berlin on Film: 22 Great Movies That Capture the City

From the streets of Weimar-era Berlin to the divided city of the Cold War and the reunified capital…

Fargo — one of the most perfect mainstream American movies ever made

A Minnesota car salesman’s scam goes terribly wrong and arouses the suspicions of a heavily pregnant rural police chief.

The Devils (1971) — Ken Russell’s midnight study of human evil hasn’t lost its power to disturb

A priest’s protection of the city of Loudun from a corrupt Cardinal is undermined by a nun’s accusation of witchcraft…

The Monster (1977) — clever giallo examines how media manufactures monsters

A low rank journalist receives a serial killer’s letters, which he exploits.

Carrie: Season One — Stephen King’s classic brought triumphantly into the 2020s

After her father’s death, sheltered teenager Carrie White enters high school, where she faces bullying and discovers telekinetic powers.

Klara and the Sun — Taika Waititi’s disappointing and underdeveloped adaptation

A robot girl designed to prevent loneliness tries to save a heartbroken family of humans.

Saw III — Shakespearean tragedy, flawed morality, and franchise glory

Jigsaw abducts a doctor in order to keep himself alive while he watches his new apprentice put an unlucky citizen through a brutal test.

Wildwood — Laika’s breathtaking stop-motion fantasy makes a case for a new classic

The adventures of Prue McKeel as she sets off to the forests outside Portland to find her kidnapped brother.

Clayface — a gory comic-book film held back by studio-safe storytelling

A rising Hollywood star descends into a horrifying revenge-filled monster when scientific ambition strips him of his identity and humanity.

‘Beneath the Trees: Folktales at DEFA 2’ — more visual treasures for scholars

Collected are some of the greatest and strangest folktale films made in the German Democratic Republic: The Tinderbox, Snow White, Snow…

Medium Is Charging for a Footer. The Real Cost May Be Trust.

The problem isn’t the price of a feature, but what happens when writers begin to question the value of adopting the next one.

Punishment Park — a harrowing, prescient reimagining of 1970s America

A pseudo-documentary of a film crew of a team of soldiers escorting a group of hippies and dissidents across the desert…

Crystal Lake: Season One — vintage slasher candy for Friday the 13th fans

A dark secret from Pamela Voorhees’ past emerges after her son’s death, just as bodies begin turning up across the town of Crystal Lake…

La Bola Negra — a noble, ambitious, yet uncomplicated queer-history epic

Spanning 1932, 1937, and 2017, three men confront the ghosts of a Spain torn between desire and repression.

Martha Marcy May Marlene — evocative portrait of the paralysing grip of trauma

Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing a cult.

The Frighteners — Peter Jackson’s overlooked cult classic caught between two worlds

After a tragic car accident that kills his wife, a man discovers he can communicate with the dead, and uses that gift to con people.

The Screaming Skull — a Gothic mystery B-movie perfect for Halloween

A newly-wed woman believes the ghost of her husband’s deceased first wife is haunting her at an eerie Southern mansion.

Visitor Q — Takashi Miike’s erotic horror satire still shocks

An unemployed reporter films the disintegration of his dysfunctional family as they descend into debauchery and madness.

Futureworld — Westworld sequel is a limp exercise in big-business paranoia

Two journalists investigate the secrets of a theme park populated by robots.