Is it because we know Keanu Reeves to be a stoic, benevolent, quasi-Buddhist Canadian that makes his turn as the...
Colin Minihan’s What Keeps You Alive is a film that doesn’t let up. The intense cat-and-mouse thriller from IFC Midnight...
Recently on the NOFS podcast, our lovely hosts reviewed Starship Troopers, directed by the enigmatic Paul Verhoeven. Whenever one discusses Starship Troopers or any of Verhoeven’s other action films, a recurring topic is the fact that the film’s underlying message went over the heads of many a viewer. If you only...
There is no greater crime syndicate in cinema (or life, for that matter) than The Yakuza, which makes them the...
Don’t you hate it when your routine prison transfer of dangerous murderers goes horribly awry and your entire team winds...
Who hasn’t felt a shiver down their spine at the thought of being cornered with no way out? Dive into the world of trapped horror films, where the walls close in and every exit is an illusion. These tales transform the mundane into nail-biting chambers of suspense. From shadowy basements...
Join your horror hosts Kim & Jon as they take a sci-fi/action/gun-fu detour into the wild world of 1997’s Face/Off....
I have always been a fan of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series and going into Fede Álvarez’s film...
I wasn’t aware of the prominence of Christianity in South Korea, but according to a quick Google search, close to a third of the population identify as Christians. The question came up when watching Kim Joo-hwan’s The Divine Fury, a religious action thriller about a man who loses his faith,...
Don Coscarelli, creator of the cult-favorite Phantasm series, has advice for people who want to get into independent film. In his book, True...
I can’t remember how old I was when I saw Cannibal Holocaust (1980) for the first (and only) time. I...