Carole Lombard And Pre-Code Charles Laughton: ‘White Woman’ Reviewed
Try as Judith (Carole Lombard) might to put the past behind her, bad reputations tend to stick, so when she
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Talking ‘Queenie: Godmother of Harlem’ With Elizabeth Colomba And Aurelie Levy
Before “Bumpy” Johnson (who readers may know thanks to the MGM+ TV show, Godfather of Harlem), Harlem had a Godmother
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Blu-Ray Review: Arrow’s ‘Gothic Fantastico: Four Italian Tales of Terror’
America and England may have gotten the ball rolling with bringing Gothic horror films back into the zeitgeist (with Hammer
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Talking With The Creators Of ‘Carmilla: The First Vampire’
It’s not like New York City’s never known suffering. That’s why Athena feels like something’s up. People on the street
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An Interview With The Writers Of ‘TCM Underground’
Mainstream movies serve their purpose (and yeah, a number of them are quite good) but there’s nothing quite like falling
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No Gun, No Plea Of Self-Defense: ‘Warning Shot’ Reviewed
It isn’t a question of whether Sergeant Tom Valens (David Janssen) killed Dr. James Ruston (Donald Curtis). It’s a question
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How The Worst Award Show Ever Makes For Essential Reading: Amber Ruffin And Lacey Lamar’s ‘The World Record Book Of Racist Stories’ Reviewed
With season three of The Amber Ruffin Show recently wrapped and the series’ future not yet secure (please renew The
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DVD Review: ‘Recipes For Love And Murder’ Season 1
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Few people embody that saying more than Recipes for Love and Murder’s Tannie
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Talking ‘Betty: The Final Girl’ With Writer Micol Ostow
There’s only one Riverdale resident who could ever live-up to the superlative “most likely to survive a horror movie.” That’s
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An Argentinian Take On Fritz Lang’s ‘M’: ‘The Black Vampire’ Reviewed
Following last year’s release of Román Viñoly Barreto’s The Beast Must Die, Flicker Alley has double downed and released another
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Esther Williams’ Technicolor Neo-Noir: ‘The Unguarded Moment’ Reviewed
As much as her colleagues would love to blame her marital status for everything, being single isn’t the reason Lois
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Pre-Code Horror: ‘Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde’ Reviewed
Science is about testing boundaries. In Rouben Mamoulian’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, that’s exactly what Dr. Jekyll (Frederic March) does
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These Mermaids Have Teeth: An Interview With ‘Black Cloak’ Creators Kelly Thompson And Meredith McClaren
Detective Phaedra Essex is used to being unpopular, but when her ex-fiancé is murdered, there’s no way she’s not working
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Jami Belushi Talks ‘Hotel For The Holidays’
Managing a hotel is a lot easier with a best friend, which is where Jami Belushi’s Kiki comes in in.
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Noir Double Feature: ‘Kiss The Blood Off My Hands’ And ‘Larceny’
From Key Largo to The Big Clock, 1948 was a great year for film noir. That statement holds true in
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Hunger During Wartime: ‘Le Soldatesse’ Reviewed
There have been many films about WWII. Valerio Zurlini’s Le Soldatesse (also known as The Camp Followers) is a film about hunger and what
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An Interview With Writer Will Scheibel On ‘Gene Tierney: Star Of Hollywood’s Homefront’
For anyone who’s been partaking in Noirvember this year, there’s a good chance you’ve encountered the subject of Will Scheibel‘s
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Boxing And Barbara Stanwyck: ‘Golden Boy’ Reviewed
In cases where a film has a predominately male cast, it’s always best to be wary about how plum a
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Review: ‘Pennyworth’ S03 Ep.10 – ‘Highland Wedding’
All the Cat Stevens songs in the world can’t make Pennyworth‘s season finale any better but, like a spoonful of
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An Interview With ‘Archie Vs. The World’ Creators Aubrey Sitterson And Jed Dougherty
Coming this January … it’s a Mad Max world and the residents of Riverdale are just trying to survive in
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Review: ‘Pennyworth’ S03 Ep.9 – ‘Rag Trade’
Nothing takes the romance out of a proposal than saying you’re ready “to do the right thing” over and over
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She Has Her Father’s Fangs: An Interview With ‘Blood Relatives’ Star And Director, Noah Segan
For all that vampires may be undead, that doesn’t always stop them from procreating. Case in point: Francis (Noah Segan)
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Review: ‘Pennyworth’ S03 Ep.8 – ‘Red Marauder’
Thomas (Ben Aldridge) is ghosting Martha (Emma Paetz), the British military have taken over Salt’s lab so they can use
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Review: ‘Pennyworth’ S03 Ep.7 – ‘Don’t Push It’
Similar to the Tower of London prison break in episode four, getting Zahra’s dad (David Yip) out of the secret
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Grief, Friendship, And Aliens: An Interview With ‘I’m Totally Fine’ Writer, Alisha Ketry
Vanessa (Jillian Bell) is supposed to be celebrating the signing of a distribution deal on the organic soda she made
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An Interview With ‘Voodoo Macbeth’ Star, Inger Tudor
Before he directed Citizen Kane or scared people into thinking the planet was being invaded by aliens with his radio
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31st Philadelphia Film Festival: ‘The Passengers Of The Night’ Reviewed
The Passengers of the Night Directed by Mikhaël Hers Screenplay by Mikhaël Hers, Maud Ameline, and Mariette Désert Life isn’t exactly starry for
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Spend Halloween With Roger Corman’s ‘The Raven’ (1963)
While one could argue that the speaker’s language in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven is good for a chuckle or
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Review: ‘Pennyworth’ S03 Ep.6 – ‘Hedgehunter’
If Thomas (Ben Aldridge) and Martha (Emma Paetz) can have a daughter, does that mean they can also get a
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‘Sea Serpent’s Heir’ Book One Reviewed
If you ever wondered what it looks like to capture a relationship in two panels, that’s exactly what Mairghread Scott
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Review: ‘Pennyworth’ S03 Ep.5 – ‘Rhyme ‘N’ Reason’
There’s nothing like when you can tell a show is trying to rush through a character’s backstory. Maybe that’s a
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