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Genre Films

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

A collage of stills from Final Girls Berlin 2021 films. The text on the image reads 'Final Girls Berlin Film Fest'.

Lindsay Pugh / February 23, 2021

Highlights from the Final Girls Berlin Film Festival 2021

Lindsay Pugh runs down the best of Final Girls Berlin 2021, from Your Monster to Time of Moulting to The Returned.

A closeup of Shabab Hosseini in The Night, looking horrified. The still features text which reads, 'Review'.

B. P. Flanagan / January 26, 2021

The Night Review: A low-budget chiller starring Shahab Hosseini

Kourosh Ahari’s The Night, a rare American-Iranian co-production, is a disappointedly cliched horror offering.

The text 'Indie Memphis 2020' accompanied by images from the four films that will be discussed in this article.

Orla Smith / November 10, 2020

Indie Memphis 2020: From Cane Fire to Smooth Talk

Indie Memphis Film Festival 2020 showcased genre films (I Blame Society, Freeland), documentaries (Cane Fire), and restorations (Smooth Talk).

Chloë Grace Moretz in flight officer uniform, carrying a briefcase, in Shadow in the Cloud.

Orla Smith / September 25, 2020

TIFF Review: Shadow in the Cloud is a film of two halves

Shadow in the Cloud is a strange Frankenstein of director Roseanne Liang’s feminist perspective and the ludicrous sensibilities of screenwriter Max Landis, who was removed from the project after numerous sexual assault allegations.

A woman in a car looks, panicked, behind her shoulder. The car's windscreen is covered in green paint.

Orla Smith / September 15, 2020

TIFF Review: The shallow politics of Michel Franco’s New Order

Michel Franco’s latest provocation, New Order, is a grossly tone deaf bloodbath. Find out why we hated it…

Stephen Puddicombe / June 5, 2020

Mirrah Foulkes’s revisionist Judy and Punch

In Judy and Punch, Mirrah Foulkes wrangles with the legacy of a beloved British cultural institution, offering a revisionist, feminist take on the origins of the Punch and Judy puppet show.

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