The Evening Class

I first saw Humoresque (1946) projected large at the Castro Theatre at the 14th edition of Noir City (2016) and never got around to transc...

It was sometime in the 1990s that I first became aware of the Koch Brothers’ involvement in local school board races, often electing candida...

Blue moon, I saw you standing alone  Without a dream in your heart  Without a love of your own.   What an apt description for legendary lyri...

“Into the woods, and out of the woods, and home before dark….” —Stephen Sondheim, “Into the Woods” (1986).  If only it were as easy as in a ...

Aligned with the subgenre of horror films associated with the Christmas holiday, an innocent game of hide-and-seek between siblings on Chris...

In its North American premiere at Screamfest 2025, Argentine director José María Cicala’s Encantador ( The Dollmaker ) has everything anyo...

“When you are on a sinking ship, your thoughts will be about sinking ships,” wrote George Orwell about totalitarianism in the 1940s; a state...

The World Premiere of BT Meza’s debut feature Affection (2025) served as the opening night film for this year’s edition of Screamfest, cov...

For its U.S. premiere at Screamfest, Edgar Nito’s A Fisherman’s Tale ( Un Cuento de Pescadores , 2024 ) offers a slow burn narrative intro...