Kristen Stewart uses physical tics as pointedly as lines of dialogue. Her artificial, artfully rendered oddness reveals something naturalism could not.
Essays
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.
Isabelle Adjani in Possession (Great horror performances #1)
Lena Wilson discusses why Isabelle Adjani’s performance in Possession is one of her favourites by an actress in a horror film.
Deceptive Nostalgia: Patricio Guzmán’s Cordillera of Dreams
Documentarian Patricio Guzmán complete his trilogy contrasting the beauty of Chile’s landscapes with the horror of its recent political history by focusing on the deceptively unchanging Andes cordillera.
Mostly British Film Festival returns to SF for 2020
The 2020 Mostly British Film Festival kicked off last weekend in San Francisco with great films from the UK and beyond, including The Delinquent Season, Hearts and Bones, and Sorry We Missed You.