A breakdown of Weapons' meaning, themes, and techniques—from parasitism and violence to ambiguity and Cregger’s creative ...

This is a live list where I rank the movies of 2025. If something isn’t on the list, I haven’t seen it. Leave your comments and we’ll talk. The movies within a category are in alphabetical order. I ...

A ranking of every movie Travis Bean watches. The latest entries include: Superbad, Final Destination Bloodlines, Abandoned, The Naked Spur—and more.

The Substance is an immediate cult classic. It’s arguably the best body horror movie of the 21st century. But also has meaningful, necessary things to say about our relationship with aging and modern ...

One way to read Saltburn is, like Parasite, as a film focused on economic class disparities. Felix and the Catton family represent the top-end ultra-wealthy.

Anatomy of a Fall is about storytelling. Specifically, the relationship between reality and fiction. The film, initially, frames this as the way in which ...

What is I Saw the TV Glow about? I Saw the TV Glow is about crossroads in identity. You have two characters. One embraces their true self and escapes the suburbs. While the other is too scared so ...

Welcome to our Colossus Movie Guide for The Birds. This guide contains our detailed library of content covering key aspects of the movie’s plot, ending, ...

Interstellar’s primary theme has to do with logic versus emotion. The dynamic permeates almost every part of the film. For example, the school system has turned away from teaching kids to dream and ...

Smile 2 reminds us that celebrities often have people who support them as products but not as people. And that when the personal trauma becomes public, the result is often tragic.

There’s an easier way to discuss the end of End of Evangelion and Neon Genesis Evangelion. Then there’s the hard way. The hard way is dealing with the nuance of what happened. Specifically, the ...