Art thrives in adversity and the COVID-19 Pandemic has helped show us that no matter how insurmountable the odds, creators...
If you haven’t read Frank Herbert’s Dune books and you don’t think you’re the target audience for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, this is...
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...
Time travel movies are a lot like zombie movies. You think you’ve seen it all, that the well has run...
You can always count on Tribeca Film Festival to feature a few true weirdos. Movies that challenge, expand, or downright...
With more and more growing concern about what all the future has in store for us in these uncertain times, the need for speculative storytelling is higher than ever. Black Mirror has zeroed in on technophobia and the numbing isolation people feel as science advances past necessity, but what about...
The deep, dark well containing religion and faith is one that horror finds itself returning to again and again. Films...
When I think about Mardi Gras, I think about the marching parades in the streets of New Orleans, and how...
As the world has learned to cope with the crippling anxieties and confusing comforts brought on by nearly a year of quarantining and distancing, the fear of isolation has brought on all new meanings to the horror genre. Blumhouse and Hulu have revived their holiday horror anthology series, Into The...
I have been admiring Steven Kostanski’s work for years without even knowing it. All this time I was admiring the...
Fellow NOFS contributor Dave Richards described PG: Psycho Goreman to me as “E.T. meets Gwar,” which I have to say...
Every year is a good year for horror. That used to just be a nice thing to say but even 2020 managed to deliver the scares despite *motions toward everything*. The release schedule was looking pretty grim earier this year but I’ll be damned if it wasn’t one of the...