Theme of the Month: Horror

NEW

Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth. Photo: Netflix

LONELY PLANET

New on Netflix: Nothing new under the sun, but Moroccan locations and the stars are OK ingredients

Photo: Sony Pictures Releasing

SATURDAY NIGHT

New in Global Theaters: Intense and brilliantly directed fly-on-the-wall entertainment

Filip Berg. Photo: Netflix

TROUBLE

New on Netflix: A lot of energy goes into a movie that never earns big laughs, but benefits from Filip Berg’s laidback performance


RECENT

Kristian Halken and Bodil Jørgensen. Photo: Vivo Film

WHEN IN ROME

Fine cast in a film that addresses relevant issues like how to live one’s life, and how we are affected by our relationships… but it’s all too humdrum

Jason Statham. Photo: MGM

THE BEEKEEPER

In many ways a reliable, well-paced Jason Statham banger, even if the star is impossible to hurt or kill

Georgina Campbell, Dakota Fanning, Oliver Finnegan and Olwen Fouéré. Photo: Warner

THE WATCHERS

The director works in the tradition of her father, crafting a well-paced, atmospheric thriller… but the concept is contrived and the final twist feels inevitable


OLDER

Emma Watson. Photo: STX Entertainment

THE CIRCLE (2017)

The topic is complex and constantly relevant, but the film’s story is far too simplistic and obvious right from the start

Ethan Hawke. Photo: Universal

THE BLACK PHONE (2022)

Exciting, with a convincing cast of kids; The Grabber isn’t terribly original, but a masked Ethan Hawke is good in the part

Tom Hanks and Beasley. Photo: Touchstone Pictures

TURNER & HOOCH (1989)

The filmmakers do the best they can with the charisma between Hanks’s neat cop and the wild, slobbering Hooch


LONGER REVIEWS

Eva Mendes and Denis Lavant. Photo: Indomina Group

HOLY MOTORS (2012)

The things about Holy Motors that we admire and engage with are more superficial, people and events to behold

Photo: Kino Lorber

GREEN BORDER

A heartbreaker and one of Agnieszka Holland’s very best films

Malcolm McDowell and Helen Mirren. Photo: Penthouse Films International

CALIGULA (1979)

Much of the film is joyless, crass wallowing in filth, sadism and sensationalism