Andrew Haigh’s Lean on Pete shares DNA with Kelly Reichardt’s westerns (e.g. Wendy and Lucy): both filmmakers are making modern westerns that deromanticize tired western tropes. This is an excerpt from our ebook on Lean on Pete. We will soon publish an ebook on the works of Kelly Reichardt.
Genre Films
Explore films that leverage — and problematize — the definitions of a given genre, from horror films to the Western.
Katharine Isabelle in American Mary (Great horror performances #5)
Rosie McCaffrey discusses why Katharine Isabelle’s performance in American Mary is one of her favourites by an actress in a horror film.
Review: Blood on Her Name thrillingly grapples with cycles of violence
Matthew Pope’s Blood on Her Name is a steely, psychological thriller about cycles of violence. Now available in cinemas and on VOD in the US.
Kristen Stewart in Personal Shopper (Great horror performances #4)
Kristen Stewart uses physical tics as pointedly as lines of dialogue. Her artificial, artfully rendered oddness reveals something naturalism could not.
Lupita Nyong’o in Us (Great horror performances #3)
Orla Smith discusses why Lupita Nyong’o’s performance in Us is one of her favourites by an actress in a horror film.
Claire Foy in Unsane (Great horror performances #2)
In this excerpt from her essay on Claire Foy’s career, which features in our feminist horror ebook Beyond Empowertainment, Alex Heeney discusses the many masks of Claire Foy in Unsane.