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Chef Slowik oversees his sous-chefs (Courtesy of https://press.searchlightpictures.com/the-menu/)

‘The Menu’: A Grotesquely Gorgeous Gastronomic Thriller

By Audrey Hall, Arts Writer November 27, 2022

  This article contains spoilers for "The Menu."   Prepare to be completely blown away by “The Menu,” a horror film centered around twelve guests who are invited to a remote island...

Pearl
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‘Pearl’: Mia Goth Shines in Bloody Technicolor

By Heather Hopkins September 28, 2022

Seeing in Technicolor In his newest film "Pearl," filmmaker Ti West gives movie-goers the closest gift he can to the awe that was experienced by viewers of 1939’s  "The Wizard of Oz." As we watched...

Daniel Kaluuya in Nope (Courtesy Universal Pictures)

Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope’ Makes You Look Up

By Megan Fisher, Arts Writer August 5, 2022

"The Horse in Motion" In 1873, the billionaire industrialist Leland Stanford, founder of Stanford University, approached photographer Eadweard Muybridge to photograph his horses. Stanford hoped that...

Léa Seydoux and Kristen Stewart in Crimes of the Future(Courtesy Neon)

‘Crimes of the Future:’ David Cronenberg’s Alarming Return to Body Horror

By Megan Fisher, Arts Writer June 29, 2022

  In 1970, while still in the Honors English and Literature Program at the University of Toronto, David Cronenberg directed a 63-minute feature called “Crimes of the Future.” It’s a science...

Men (Courtesy A24)

Alex Garland’s Folk Horror ‘Men’ Trips in the Woods

By Megan Fisher, Arts Writer June 15, 2022

  Within the opening moments of Alex Garland’s new film “Men,” the main character Harper Marlowe (Jessie Buckley) arrives at the pastoral English countryside cottage at which she will be...

Cast members perform Liminal. (Photo courtesy of Liminal creators)

Meeting in the Middle: The Creators of ‘Liminal’ Discuss Collaboration on the Theatrical Thriller

By Makena Reynolds, Arts Writer May 3, 2022

  As a part of the Department of Theatre’s 2021-22 season, “Liminal” premiered in Studio 115 from Feb. 24-27. With a new script written by Troy Deutsch, an alumni of the Actor Training Program...

A screenshot from the trailer for Scream (Courtesy of Spyglass Media Grouop)

‘Scream’ Delivers the Same Self-Aware Scares as the Original

By Megan Fisher, Arts Writer January 23, 2022

  What sets the "Scream" franchise apart from other slasher flicks is that every character knows they are in a horror movie. It's refreshing and fun to hear the characters point out cliches that...

Regina Hall in a still from Master (Courtesy of Sundance.org)

Sundance: ‘Master’ Premiere Demonstrates the Pitfalls of Elevated Horror

By Megan Fisher, Arts Writer January 22, 2022

  "Master," the feature-length film debut of director and writer Mariama Diallo, has what every distinguished horror movie seems to have nowadays — a sickly pale color correction, trembling discordant...

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Nostalgia Will Kill You in ‘Last Night in Soho’

By Megan Fisher, Arts Writer November 20, 2021

  A pop culture savant, Edgar Wright has littered every single one of his movies with references to older music and movies. Characters in Edgar Wright movies slay zombies and drive getaway cars to...

Screenshot from Candyman. (Courtesy of Monkeypaw Productions)

‘Candyman’ is Summoned, but Drowns in its Ambition

By Megan Fisher, Arts Writer September 7, 2021

  Over the decades, Bernard Rose's 1992 "Candyman" has been acknowledged as a classic of the horror genre. Nia DaCosta’s newly released “spiritual sequel,” also entitled "Candyman," has a...