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Belladonna of Sadness
This transgressive animated film from 1973 Japan has been recently restored. Blending gorgeous, watercolor-infused Japanese landscapes with Western influences like Art Nouveau and Expressionism, the film tells the sexually outré and hallucinogenic story of two lovers in a feudal village.
"...husband), she flees to the forest and becomes a witch, succumbing to the Devil, and eventually commanding respect and..."

May 13, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2014: Animation
Five works of superior, ambitious animation.
"...most classic kind of animated fairy tale about a witch and her cat. They end up picking up any..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
The franchise is back and this time the paranormal forces are targeting Latino victims.
"...I loathed the first three and enjoyed the creepy witchery of the fourth – but the bottom line remains..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

V/H/S/2
Horror anthology scares up few thrills.
"...Eduardo Sánchez – helped usher in with The Blair Witch Project), almost all of the imagery is of the..."

July 26, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Oz the Great and Powerful
Neither a besmirching nor a instant classic, this sometimes clunky prequel in which James Franco plays the Wizard when he was a mere, young huckster also has Sam Raimi's ravishing visuals.
"...make them believe, then you’re wizard enough,” says the witch Glinda (Williams) to the magician and con man Oz..."

March 8, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bless Me, Ultima
This honest, earnest, and naturalistic kids’ story about growing up Mexican-American in 1940s New Mexico is based on the popular book.
"...neighbors and townspeople whisper that Ultima is a bruja (witch), she emphatically insists that she is a healer. Over..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beautiful Creatures
She's a witch, he's a mortal, and they both read Charles Bukowski: Some teens will never make it to heaven.
"...about the forbidden love between a mortal and a witch – or a “caster,” as they prefer to be..."

Feb. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

ParaNorman
The animation outfit behind Coraline scores another one for the dark side with this endearingly sweet and spooky ode to the supernatural.
"...Norman, can save his Salem-esque township from a long-dead witch's curse. Zombies, comedy, and a surprisingly touching dork/jock alliance..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Brave
Although the animation looks terrific and the story features an immensely sympathetic heroine, Brave lacks the sheer imaginative oomph of prior Pixar pics.
"...a trail of will o' the wisps to a witch's sod-thatched hut. There, she is given a magic cake..."

June 22, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The third coming of C.S. Lewis' Narnia fantasy/allegory series has arrived.
"...Caspian (now king), Aslan, and, eventually, Swinton's still-awe-inspiring White Witch. Dawn Treader is bereft of the narrative complexity evidenced..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Fourth Kind
This pseudo-mockumentary starring Milla Jovovich echoes both The Blair Witch Project and The X-Files.
"...Kind is a pseudo-mockumentary that echoes both The Blair Witch Project and The X-Files. As a film, it's a..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paranormal Activity
Should you believe the viral marketing hype about this techno-era haunted-house movie that's been playing sold-out midnight runs? Or Marc Savlov?
"...your shit and eat it too?) Like The Blair Witch Project, its far creepier antecedent, Paranormal Activity purports to..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Pevensie kids are summoned back to Narnia for yet another mystical adventure based on C.S. Lewis' series of fantasy books.
"...lives turned into a literal fairy tale via lion, witch, and a wardrobe that would give Doctor Who's TARDIS..."

May 23, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Penelope
Christina Ricci and James McAvoy star in this modern-day fairy tale about a girl who's cursed with a pig's snout for a nose but must find true love before the curse can be removed.
"...curse placed on her blue-blood family by an angry witch. Legend has it that until Penelope finds “true love..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Cloverfield
Cloverfield is a pure-blood, grade A, exultantly exhilarating monster movie in the grand tradition.
"...Department of Defense Eyes Only time stamp. It's Blair Witch meets Godzilla, with the audience allowed only as much..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cavite
This rocketing thriller that pits an unseen Filipino terrorist against an unwitting Filipino-American dupe is one of the purest examples of no-budget, seat-of-the-pants, gloriously DIY filmmaking since The Blair Witch Project.
"...of no-budget, seat-of-the-pants, gloriously DIY filmmaking since The Blair Witch Project in 1999. To paraphrase the marketing campaign from..."

July 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Good Night, and Good Luck
Director and co-screenwriter George Clooney strikes just the right tone of gripping entertainment and understated cautionary tale in this thoughtful portrait of newsman Edward R. Murrow's confrontation with Sen. Joseph McCarthy.
"...and paranoia that ran rampant because of the Communist witch hunts and loyalty oaths that were de rigueur in..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Howl's Moving Castle
The latest from animation master Hayao Miyazaki is ravishingly beautiful but narratively inferior to all his other films.
"...day she’s transformed into a 90-year-old woman by the Witch of the Waste (Bacall), which in an American film..."

June 17, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cabin Fever
A festival breakout shocker that twists genre conventions into a jarring battery of scares.
"...well end up the second coming of The Blair Witch Project. Like that indie watershed, Cabin Fever takes the..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Capitol Chronicle
Three longtime state employees are dismissed -- with prejudice -- in a witch hunt over sexual harassment allegations.
"...personnel rights to keep the report concealed.Report on a Witch Hunt Mysteriously, that decision was reversed last week, and..."

Sept. 14, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Time Code
"...experiment that, like last year's indie upstart The Blair Witch Project, may very well threaten the established rules of..."

May 12, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Drive Me Crazy
"...deserves a better film. As television's “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch,” Hart has already won the hearts of adolescent girls,..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

The Acid House
"...marriage to town slag Catriona (Gomez), a bitter, foul-tempered witch who promptly takes up with new neighbor Larry (McCormack),..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Craft
Teen witches made high school a dark and brooding place long before vampires took over as the kings of teen cool.
"...of Aleister Crowley, this tale of teenage Los Angeles witches takes an abrupt turn away from the proverbial light..."

May 3, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Bride With White Hair II
"...the hapless warriors with the ferocious abandon of a witch-woman scorned. (You may remember that her one, true love,..."

Jan. 27, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Anchoress
"...Christine's visions bring to her. Suspected to be a witch, Pauline represents the pagan influences in the small village...."

Sept. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Coming Out Under Fire
"...with honorable discharges, others were “found out” during the witch hunts of the later war years and the Eisenhower..."

Aug. 5, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

AFS Announces 2020 Short Film Grant Recipients
Projects from Austin, Dallas, El Paso get support
"...Surviving a witch hunt; expressing forbidden anger; friendship and technical creativity between..."

Dec. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Saturday ACL Fest Record Reviews
The Witch (Fiction/Caroline)
"...surveys three decades of alt-rock on debut album The Witch, borrowing what they like (post-punk, early electronica, post-Bad Seeds..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Committee Finds Grounds For Hall Impeachment
Regent accused of Bill Powers witch hunt
"...Rick Perry in 2011, is accused of orchestrating a witch hunt to remove UT President Bill Powers, and of abusing..."

May 16, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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