The Echoes of 1999: Why ‘Erie’ Is the Found-Footage Horror Event of the Year
The found-footage subgenre has long been a lightning rod for debate among horror aficionados. Since the seminal cultural shift prompted by The Blair Witch Project in 1999, the aesthetic has been both over-saturated and under-utilized, often falling back…
Beyond the Island: How Tina Louise Found a Defining Role in the Chilling World of ‘The Stepford Wives’
For decades, the public narrative surrounding Tina Louise was tethered to a single, iconic image: the glamorous, red-headed starlet of the 1960s sitcom Gilligan’s Island. As Ginger Grant, Louise became a fixture of American television, yet her career…
A Two-Decade Odyssey: How Sabu’s ‘Arrested Memory’ Finally Found Its Form
After nearly twenty years of development hell, spanning multiple continents and shifting creative landscapes, the acclaimed Japanese director Sabu is finally bringing his ambitious thriller, Arrested Memory, to the screen. Set for high-profile debuts at…
From Alien Enigma to Human Heart: How ‘Sugar’ Found Its Soul in Season 2
When Sugar first debuted on Apple TV+, it arrived with the aesthetic trappings of a classic neo-noir: a sharp-suited private investigator, the sun-drenched sprawl of Los Angeles, and a voiceover dripping with cynical melancholy. Yet, the series spent its…
The Art of Letting Go: How Kent Jones Found His Voice in ‘Late Fame’
For decades, Kent Jones was the sharpest set of eyes in the American film criticism landscape. As a contributor to Film Comment and a key figure in the institutional preservation of cinema history, he became renowned for his forensic, deeply empathetic…
Through the Lens of Terror: An In-Depth Look at The Last Footage and the Evolution of Found-Footage Horror
The found-footage subgenre of horror has long been a polarizing landscape. Often dismissed by critics as a low-effort playground for aspiring filmmakers with limited budgets, the format possesses an inherent, raw intimacy that, when executed with…
The Return of the Blockbuster: How Hollywood Found Its Groove in 2026
The theatrical experience, long whispered to be on its deathbed in the wake of the pandemic, has officially staged a miraculous recovery. As the summer sun sets on the first half of 2026, the narrative surrounding the film industry has shifted from one…
