The Good Eye: Killer Outfits – Jennifer Connelly in Phenomena

This week's horror couture reveals how phenomenal Jennifer Connelly looks in Armani

"...and elevates her performances in that early trio of films. Spectacularly wooden, literally sleepwalking through parts of Phenomena, she..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

The Movies That Matter

An interview with Killer Films producer Christine Vachon

"...titles of the most daring and delirious American independent films of the past 15 years and you'll discover that..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Conference Adds Christine Vachon, Ryan Gosling

Also added: Amy Schumer, Sally Field, Henry Rollins

"...Film Keynote speaker, the legendary producer Christine Vachon of Killer Films...."

Feb. 17, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Billy Friedkin Kills It

Extended Q&A with the man behind 'The Exorcist,' 'French Connection'

"...Q&A with legendary director William Friedkin, whose latest film Killer Joe opens in theatres tomorrow...."

Aug. 2, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...South by Southwest, find harmony in the three headlining films announced for this year’s streaming festival...."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Valentine

"...while spilling stale popcorn in the back row. Those films -- when viewed sans the crimson-tinted glasses of millennial..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Shallows

Blake Lively is trapped by a shark on her own bikini island

"...piranhas. I remember watching the 1979 Lee Majors vehicle Killer Fish, wherein he played a jewel thief who stashes..."

July 1, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Switchback

"...screenwriter Jeb Stuart drafted a script about a serial killer, entitled Going West in America, that got Hollywood all..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Iceman

Michael Shannon stars as a contract killer with a double life.

"...It’s as well done as the best of these films – beautifully shot and cinematically thought through. A killer..."

May 17, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Ghost in the Machine

"...borrows and steals bits and pieces from other, not-all-that-much-better films (The Lawnmower Man and Wes Craven's Shocker, just to..."

Dec. 31, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Knife + Heart

Perfect postmodernism among Paris' porn scene in this retro-giallo

"...more closely to genre, specifically the horror and exploitation films of the Seventies. In the summer of 1979, in..."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

Dr. Lamb

"...“true crime” pictures. But while a few of these films have bettered their predecessor, Dr. Lamb undoubtedly remains the..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Black Panther

High drama and high action as Marvel gives Wakanda life.

"...more this year alone, and not counting the X-Men films). Black Panther takes a sidestep from the greater cosmic..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Saw III

The director of Saw II is back for more of this vicious-minded series in which the psychopathic Jigsaw toys with his victims' last gasps.

"...vengeance and must now confront not only his child's killer but also a series of seemingly random people whom..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Saw

Saw is indeed a horror movie, but not necessarily in the manner the filmmakers intended.

"...of disappointment to discover that not only is this serial-killer tale far from original (for starters, it borrows bits..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

John Wick: Chapter 4

Can the killer franchise give its dog-loving hero the ending he deserves?

"...Now a leviathan franchise, the story of a killer continues in John Wick: Chapter 4, and the question..."

March 24, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Summer of 84

Kids vs. serial killer, Eighties-style

"...Charles Ng and Leonard Lake. The Beauty Queen Killer. The Southside Strangler. The 1970s may have had the..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Peek Into One Boutique's Two Decades of Preservation

AFS Essential Cinema: Selections From Milestone Films

"...are in flux. One of those companies is Milestone Films, which was founded in 1990 and is now celebrating..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Know Who Killed Me

Lindsay Lohan knows there are fates worse than her current legal quagmire – starring in this clunker, for example.

"...conceit may be rooted thematically in the dual existence-premised films of revered foreign filmmakers like Bergman and Kieslowski, but..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Steve Davis

I Saw the Devil

A serial killer meets his match – and then some – in this nasty revenge drama from South Korea that's nevertheless executed with superlative style and wit.

"...part of our stark introduction to the amoral serial killer Kyung-chul (Choi, who is best known stateside as the..."

March 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Peace Hotel

"...the early 1900s, is great: Chow stars as “The Killer,” a sensitive man of action who, in an attempt..."

July 14, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

A Better Tomorrow

Woo's crime drama is one of the signature films of the Hong Kong cinema.

"...Yun-Fat) in the international market. As far as his films go, A Better Tomorrow isn't quite as finely polished..."

March 5, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

M

Lang's unnerving tale of a deranged child-killer (with Lorre in a star-making turn) is a riveting example of Expressionist filmmaking.

"...Lang's greatest cinematic achievement, this unnerving tale of deranged child-killer Hans Beckert (Lorre) stalking the dingy alleys and shadowy..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Redacted, Then Redressed

AFS Essential Cinema spotlights once-banned films

"...hoped to scrub from the record altogether. The half-dozen films selected by the Austin Film Society for their latest..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Fest: 'A Horrible Way to Die'

Scriptwriter Simon Barrett talks art house serial killers

"...of Fantastic Fest may have been art house serial killer flick A Horrible Way to Die. Shot like early..."

Oct. 3, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Red Eye

Red Eye’s no classic, but with its smart, twisty little script and those two killer performances, it's a helluva lot of fun.

"...from his earlier film roles in risky, often daring films like Kirsten Sheridan’s riveting Disco Pigs, John Crowley’s grimly..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ready and Abel

Drafthouse Films unleashes Abel Ferrara's 'Ms. 45' on Austin and NYC

"...you dig? If it's a character like the driller killer, he ain't leaving his house. He's staying close to..."

Dec. 13, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Gunmen

"...best, Gunmen is a pale imitation of other, better films. At its worst, it's instantly forgettable. Or have I..."

Feb. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVDanger: Arrow to the Brain

Three titles from the American Genre Film Archive's new partner

"...a new theatrical deal with three retro-distro houses: Arrow Films, Vinegar Syndrome, and Severin...."

Jan. 22, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Nick Broomfield Tells Tales of the Grim Sleeper

Filmmaker talks about his new HBO doc, LA, race, and death

"...go down in history as America's most butcherous serial killer. But what interests filmmaker Nick Broomfield is the community..."

April 26, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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