Tired of the Same Old Christmas Movies? Try These Instead.

7 unconventional picks to scratch your holiday itch

"...There’s no shortage of Christmas horror movies to choose from, but there’s only one..."

Dec. 22, 2020 Screens Post

Holiday Viewing: White Christmas

The one we can't seem to quit

"...How many generations does White Christmas have left in it, I wonder?..."

Dec. 13, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

It's Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas

Jingle Bell Rocks! spins under the musical mistletoe

"...and devotional music. In my house, it's not really Christmas until we break out the A Charlie Brown Christmas..."

Dec. 24, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Holiday Viewing: Christmas in Connecticut

It's a wonderful lie

"...Christmas movies usually come wrapped in a message: appreciate the..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Last Christmas

This is a movie inspired by a Wham! song, and you know what? It works.

"...There are so many incredible aspects to Last Christmas, it’s difficult to figure out where to begin. It’s..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

A Bad Moms Christmas

The raunchy moms are back with some Christmas spirit(s)

"...of a holiday special shitshow spectacular, A Bad Moms Christmas explores many of the same tropes as its predecessor...."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Holiday Viewing: A Christmas Carol

In this season of giving, who is the best Scrooge?

"...Christmas is about … Humbug! The season of giving …..."

Dec. 24, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'The Ultimate Christmas Musical: The Musical!' Saving the season with every Christmas story you've ever heard

The Yellow Tape gang works its high-energy, kitschy, crowd-pleasing magic on the holidays

"...Tape gang has invented another original crowd-pleaser, The Ultimate Christmas Musical: The Musical!..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Holiday Viewing: TV Christmas Episodes

Celebrate the season in Sunnydale, the Oval Office, and more

"...The best Christmas episodes take the basic DNA of a TV show..."

Dec. 14, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Holiday Viewing: The Spirit of Christmas

A ridiculous delight in the Hallmark movie pantheon

"...It’s becoming a modern Christmas tradition: the inundation of holiday romances. Almost 30 movies..."

Dec. 12, 2017 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Holiday Viewing: Doctor Who at Christmas

Which are the best (and worst) of the BBC classic's Xmas specials?

"...the tree. All fine and sprightly, but nothing says Christmas like a time-traveling alien. Yes, if Santa Claus can..."

Dec. 11, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Holiday Viewing: Black Christmas

The giving season can be murder in the original slasher

"...Who said Christmas is fun? Cold. Damp. Scarlet-clad strangers breaking into your..."

Dec. 2, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Holiday Viewing: A Christmas Tale

Turns out Christmas dinner is just as fraught in French

"...“Merry Christmas, baby,” croons Otis Redding from the scratched LP in..."

Dec. 3, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Joe Begos Wishes You a Christmas Bloody Christmas

Writer/director talks fusing holiday horror and hangout movies

"...killer military robot turning into an unstoppable slasher at Christmas, dressed as Santa? That's not just a small list,..."

Dec. 12, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Christmas Bloody Christmas

Joe Begos delivers more than coal in this Santasploitation gorefest

"...comes/ This time of year/ Simply having a wonderful Christmas time.”..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

The Mstk 3000 Christmas Variety Show

"...John Erler, Owen Egerton and Jerm Pollet. The MSTK3000 Christmas Variety Show blends comedy and movies as comics Jerm..."

Dec. 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVDanger: Joe Swanberg Wishes You a Happy Christmas

On fatherhood, impostor syndrome, and staying unpredictable

"...this case, it's the writer/director/actor's newest lo-fi drama, Happy Christmas. However, it's not quite as lo-fi as his early..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Have Yourself an Animated Christmas

"...Whee! Chunk that marathon of Blondie movies (AMC) and the all-day run of A Christmas Story..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Holiday Viewing: Downton Abbey Christmas Specials

We rank the holidays with the Crawley family

"...one of the many shows that get their own Christmas specials. Lavish sets and costume, intrigue and drama, and..."

Dec. 17, 2017 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Gay Place: Christmas Bacon

Christmas bacon is on the menu at the ND again

"...A Very Jerry Christmas The must-see show of the year, starring: Rebecca Havemeyer,..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Dial Code Santa Claus Is This Year's Christmas Surprise

You better watch out for this Pere Noël

"...was coming face-to-face with Santa – only this Father Christmas is a crazy homeless man (Patrick Floersheim) who has..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Holiday Viewing: The Nightmare Before Christmas

A holiday hybrid for outcasts

"...Burton to write a poem titled "The Nightmare Before Christmas," which would develop years later into the film we..."

Dec. 21, 2017 Screens Post by Marisa Mirabal

The Luv Doc: Too Much Christmas

Lasting oppression really only works if you have a really good PR campaign

"...Luv Doc, First off, let me say I love Christmas. It is my favorite time of year, but the..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Movies From the Mount

Sundance Film Festival

"...103 from 127 last year. (Actually, of the 103 movies playing in the Sundance fest, only 32 are in..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Holiday Viewing: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

Some Santas belong on the naughty list

"...Rare Exports is really about is the commercialization of Christmas. It's about the battle between tradition and capitalism's most..."

Dec. 9, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Sinus Theater 3000 Christmas Show

"...Sinus crew hurl their best zingers at favorite holiday movies and TV specials. Some old bits from are mixed..."

Nov. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Movie Studios Play Santa With Three Christmas Day Openings

New reviews of 'Django Unchained,' 'Les Mis,' and 'Parental Guidance'

"...the multiplex accompanied by people we normally wouldn’t see movies with.” So writes Chronicle reviewer Leah Churner in her..."

Dec. 25, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Eat, Drink, Watch Movies Menus

"...Meson (5805 Burleson, 416-0749), and will include tortilla soup, Christmas rolls (bolillos stuffed w/ beef picadillo), quails in rose..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Deck the Halls

It's like Neighbors, except with more Christmas lights and Danny DeVito.

"...Garcia and Fred Armisen. What’s interesting about typical Hollywood Christmas movies is that regardless of how crass, vulgar, or..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul

When movies go looking for Christmas redemption

"...Monday, is the oldest Hollywood cliché there is: the Christmas Eve redemption picture. But what makes it such an..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

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