Category: One Thing I Like

Death of a Unicorn reminded me of the 1980s, in that it’s the kind of movie they hardly ever make anymore

Robert Eggers’s Nosferatu strips away all the subtlety and subtext from vampire stories, and then adds a little back. Spoilers.

Black Bag is a simultaneously 21st-century and old-fashioned spy movie that’s all about trust

Opus undercuts its own messages about fame by casting a bunch of really talented people

An entirely unacademic take on Mario Bava’s classic gothic horror

The science fiction comedy about an expendable space colonist and his clones feels like a smarter and subtler movie is running just below the surface.

The new horror movie based on a Stephen King short story reminded me of when I first read the story, and not in a good way. (Spoilers for the movie)

I adored the third installment in the Paddington movies, where everyone seems to be so happy to be there that the joy is contagious

Longlegs is absolutely a case of style over substance, but that’s not actually a bad thing. Mild spoilers for the movie.

The live-action cartoon is exactly the right kind of so-lowbrow-it’s-clever, especially when it’s acknowledging its own artifice

Companion is so confident and clever that it feels like a fresh and insightful take on some fairly well-worn ideas. Lots of spoilers in this post.