Peg Aloi
Though the story’s events are set in the present, the Gen X music feels right, coming as it does from an era when fear, decadence, and moral hypocrisy also dominated our culture.
There are few films these days that feel like such a familiar and sorely-needed balm for stressful times.
Marianne is one of the slickest horror series I’ve seen on Netflix.
If Castle Rock is intended to be a commentary on Trump’s not-so-great America, well, what better genre than horror to spread the angst?
Like Breaking Bad, El Camino subtly suggests that justice is a relative concept.
This clever Japanese zombie film is a spirited attempt to blow up and reinvigorate the genre.
Linda Ronstadt was every young female singer’s aspirational goddess: if you could nail “You’re No Good” or “Blue Bayou” in the car or the shower, you had practiced a lot.
Satanic Panic is a crazy ride, managing along the way to poke fun at the lifestyles of the rich and bored, reminding us that decadence among the upper classes is very scary indeed.
The Nightingale serves as both a powerful exploration of the past (from the perspective of the exploited) and a gripping vision of resilience in the face of unfathomable hate, greed, and cruelty.
feels both cautionary and elegiac; it is obviously relevant in these times of extremism and the rise of small town tyrannies.
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