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Genre Films

Explore films that leverage — and problematize — the definitions of a given genre, from horror films to the Western.

Lena Wilson / July 5, 2024

The Devil’s Bath is a breathtaking masterwork that will ruin your night and possibly your life

Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s harrowing new drama makes their previous chillers, Goodnight Mommy and The Lodge, look like episodes of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.

Lena Wilson / March 30, 2024

Love Lies Bleeding is a slick, cheeky thriller about lesbian codependency

Unlike the harrowingly exquisite Saint Maud, Rose Glass’s second feature film, Love Lies Bleeding, is just as likely to make you giggle as it is to make you gasp.

Alex Heeney / July 30, 2023

Fantasia Film Review: Stéphan Castang’s Vincent Must Die

Alex Heeney reviews Stéphan Castang’s film Vincent Must Die works like a zombie film, where anybody could become a zombie at a moment’s notice — and not the slow-moving kind.

Alex Heeney / September 16, 2022

Stellar Film Review: It’s the end of the world and the Indigenous leads feel fine

Darlene Naponse’s new film Stellar is about two Indigenous strangers displaced from their land, who meet at a bar on the night the world may be ending.

Alex Heeney / May 23, 2022

Cannes Review: Chie Hayakawa’s Plan 75 is a devastatingly unsentimental triumph

Chie Hayakawa’s Plan 75 is a plea for empathy amidst broken systems that leave the most vulnerable and elderly Regard sidebar at Cannes 2022.

A still from Fresh, in which a young woman and an older man sit together at a damily lit bar. The text on the image reads, 'Review'.

Orla Smith / January 23, 2022

Fresh Review: A blunt, entertaining horror film about dating

An excellent Daisy Edgar-Jones stars in Fresh, a horror film about a woman plunged into a terrifying situation after dating a charming older stranger.

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