Company Men
The working stiffs and horrible bosses of Glen Cook’s Black Company saga by Sean T. Collins I worked for a wizard once. Alright, technically I worked for Wizard once: Wizard magazine, the old combination price guide, Entertainment Weekly, and FHM for fans of
Review: “Bad Things” Queers the Classics With Claustrophobic Gay Horror
Stewart Thorndike’s sophomore feature draws on horror classics for a slow-burn queer thriller by Jayne O'Dwyer “Where are all the female Travis Bickles and Jack Torrances?” asked writer-director Stewart Thorndike when her sophomore feature was acquired by Shudder this past spring. It’s
Barbie’s Capitalist Critique Will Make BlackRock Millions
Dress up. Have fun. But let's be realistic about what the film actually represents. by Lindsay Lee Wallace The hype for Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, is truly heartening. It’s been years (read: at least a couple
The Great Salesman of Science
Oppenheimer is an intense, angry film that flies in the face of its director's apolitical reputation by Erin M. Brady SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America are currently on strike at time of publication. Blood Knife unequivocally supports the striking
REVIEW: Huesera: The Bone Woman
Director Michelle Garza Cervera's feature debut expertly mines horror from the pains of motherhood and the travails of gender expectations by Michael Zendejas There’s a lot that makes Huesera: The Bone Woman, Michelle Garza Cervera’s 2022 feature directorial debut, truly impressive. There's
The Fanatic: Creation, Destruction, & Belief – A Video Essay
A wide-ranging analysis of the scifi films Noah (2014) and Prometheus (2012) by Josh McNamee Camus said that there was only one properly serious question in philosophy, and that is suicide. But the question of whether we should embrace annihilation is inherently
Is The Flash Running on Empty?
DC's latest blockbuster attempt is an entertaining spectacle, but misses every opportunity to have real depth by Josh McNamee Warning: This review may contain mild spoilers for The Flash. Credit is surely due to Andy Muschietti for getting this one over the
SUCK, FUCK, KILL
The psychosexual nightmare of the erotic thriller by Kurt Schiller None of us are what we seem. The meekest and mousiest of us may conceal hidden depths of rage and passion. The angriest, pushiest, most superficially dominant person may wilt like a
We Accept Her: 90 Years of Freaks
Though it ought to be a snapshot of a bygone era, Tod Browning's classic film still feels like a reflection by Kathryn Finch In 2008, Richard Butchins’ documentary The Last American Freakshow was summarily rejected from the London Disability Film Festival. Butchins’
Beyond the Bloodbath: The Abyssal Depths of Xtro
There's more than just blood and guts at the core of this nauseating cult horror classic by Cian Tsang Roger Ebert called Xtro “an ugly, mean-spirited and despairing thriller” in his scathing review of Harry Bromley Davenport’s goopy sci-fi horror film,