Author: Alice W. Ragan

Sentimental Value Creating Art from Generational Pain Following the breakout success of The Worst Person in the World, Joachim Trier returned to Cannes with Sentimental Value—the most anticipated film of the lineup…..

Shook An Authentic Portrait of the GTA Having lived in downtown Toronto for four years, with friends scattered across the suburbs, I’ve made commutes much like the one in the….

Freakier Friday More Than Just Cheap Nostalgia One of the most successful strategies Hollywood has embraced in the past decade is the rise of the legacy sequel. There’s always been….

Nobody 2 Why Smaller is Better Released in March 2021 after multiple COVID-related delays, the first Nobody was a clear success for Universal, grossing nearly four times its budget worldwide despite many….

Oh, Hi! (2025) An Unhinged Molly Gordon and a Restrained Logan Lerman At one point in Oh, Hi!, a character explains the concept of a “soft boy”—a person (in this case,….

The Pickup Murphy Looks Bored, And So Do We For those of us who grew up in the ’90s (like me), The Pickup ends up feeling more nostalgic than particularly funny or….

The Hills Have Eyes (1977) As Unnerving Today as It Was in ’77 Whenever I write a negative review of a low-budget film—like Pins and Needles recently—I usually feel a bit guilty….

High Anxiety (1977) A Hitchcock Approved Homage Overview: A psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier….

Capricorn One (1977) Fantastic Premise, Bland Characters. Before a fake, filmed trip to the moon became the backdrop for a rom-com starring Channing Tatum and Scarlett Johansson in Fly Me to….

Black Sunday A Forgotten Thriller That Echoed 9/11 The disaster movie genre was already in decline by the time Black Sunday arrived. Once dominant at the box office with titles like The Poseidon….