Genre big and small permeates screens

Annie and Lisa — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:33:18 +0000

Are we inside a genre revolution? Lately the amount of content hitting screens that features either a modest nod or full-fledged over-the-top bow to genre is simply overwhelming. ANOTHER EARTH is indie-drama-with-a-side-of-sci-fi. MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE is indie-drama-with-a-touch-of-thriller. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, the highly anticipated third feature from Lynn Ramsay, is indie-drama-experimental-fantasy. Yep, that’s right, on the surface it’s about raising a child who turns out to be a Columbine-like murderer, but in reality, I hear, it exists as a true art film. Lead actress Tilda Swinton said in last Sunday’s New York Times Magazine that the film is “a fantasy that has as much to do with the practical business of bringing up a child as ROSEMARY’S BABY has to do with being pregnant.”

10 very scary movies

Perrin Drumm — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:16:04 +0000

There are a lot of top ten lists for "scariest movie of all time," but from box office hits to oddball cult classics, there are some movies that turn up again and again. You'll notice a few favorites are missing, namely HALLOWEEN (1978), which has great 70s kitsch value and hands down more naked boobs than any movie on this list, but as a movie, it's really not all the frightening, right? And no, I didn't forget THE EXORCIST (1973) either, but buckets of green puke are more gross than scary. You'll notice, too, that there aren't a lot of new scary movies, and that's not because I don't like them, but I think we should let them stand the test of time a bit before we start putting them on all-time lists. 10. WAIT UNTIL DARK (1967)

This oft-forgotten gem stars Audrey Hepburn as a blind woman terrorized by Alan Arkin and his gang of thugs who think she has a doll full of heroin. Bet you never thought a refrigerator light would save your life.

9. NOSFERATU (1922)

Greatest vampire movie of all time? Michael Myers stole all Nosferatu's best moves in HALLOWEEN (the white face, the lurking) but the original is still the bone-chilling best.

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Genre big and small permeates screens

10 very scary movies