Tim Basaraba – One of my guilty pleasures is watching horror films that come out in January, February or March. Studios front load each year with films that have little to no hope of making money. Nine out of ten usually aren’t very good, but there’s usually one that exceeds expectations and can be considered a high-quality film regardless of its genre label.
Tim Basaraba – The little film that could. Every few years we get one that’s an artistic triumph as well as a financial success. This year’s is Everything Everywhere All At Once, directed by the team simply known as “the Daniels.”
Tim Basaraba – I am ignorant about most foreign cinema. Sure, I have my favorite international directors: Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro Amenábar, Bong Joon Ho, Pedro Almodóvar, Yorgos Lanthimos, Gaspar Noé and of course Lars von Trier are a few of my favorites who’ve had success here in the US. But cinema from India? It’s new to me.
Tim Basaraba – I have no idea what The Whitest Kids U’Know is, so hold on a minute
Peter Cameron – George Sluzier’s late ’80s film The Vanishing makes it unnervingly clear that humanizing a monster is more frightening than a mask. Freddy and Jason can hack to bits as many victims as they want, it still won’t scare me as much as the unspeakable acts that humans are capable of.
