Tim Basaraba – The high mark for psychological horror in recent years is Ari Aster’s first film, Hereditary (2018). The genre has given us many enjoyable entries since then, but none have delivered as much tension, dread and visual allure as Smile, the first film from Parker Finn.
Tim Basaraba – The Worst Person in the World isn’t about the actual worst person in the world, it’s about a character who thinks they are. And why shouldn’t she? She’s frustrating, careless, inconsiderate, deceitful, impulsive, selfish, untrustworthy and, most of all, unhappy.
Tim Basaraba – When Kenneth Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express (2017) was announced, I didn’t do my normal eyeroll and say to myself, “ANOTHER remake?” I was excited to see a new “whodunnit” with an ensemble cast
Tim Basaraba – Once again, I sat in a poorly attended theater and entered into “Optimum Immersion.” This time, however, not only was it a film I knew nothing about but a director whose work I was unfamiliar with as well.
Tim Basaraba – I have never been a fan of “the Bard.” Did he influence literature and subsequently cinema? Of course. Does my brain beg for subtitles whenever his words are spoken on screen? Absolutely. Did I play Puck in my high school’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream? Maybe…
