“Satanic Panic” sounds like something uttered by Dr. Frank-N-Furter, but you won’t find any sweet transvestites in the sophomore film from director Chelsea Stardust — just a bunch of feminist Satanists (catchy!) looking for a virgin to sacrifice. Read more

The Losers Club is reunited to once again take on Pennywise the evil clown in Andy Muschietti’s conclusion to 2017’s “It,” which passed “The Exorcist” and “The Sixth Sense” to become the highest-grossing horror film of all time. Read more

Even though Jillian Bell has been on the radar for five years with funny roles in “22 Jump Street,” “Office Christmas Party,” and recently, “Sword of Trust,” the former SNL writer delivers a breakthrough performance as a 20-something party girl who decides to clean up her life and train for … Read more

One of rock ’n’ roll’s most iconic figures, David Crosby, is the subject of the new Cameron Crowe produced documentary “Remember My Name.” His glory days may be behind him, but the singer-songwriter who made history with The Byrds; Crosby, Stills & Nash; and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Yo… Read more

An accurate slice of adolescent life is portrayed in Hari Sama’s coming of age drama that takes place in the new wave post-modern scene of 1986 Mexico. Xabiani Ponce De León and José Antonio Toledano deliver first-rate performances as 17-year old best friends who discover sex, drugs, and lib… Read more

If you only see one movie about a lobotomist this summer, make it Rick Alverson’s “The Mountain.”  Read more

The evil that men do in Australian writer-director Jennifer Kent’s “The Nightingale” is far more frightening than any monster from her 2014 horror debut “The Babadook.” Read more

Resembling an obscure 80s horror film that could have been discovered in a vault or better yet a crypt, “Luz” marks the debut of German filmmaker Tilman Singer. Screened last year at Fantastic Fest and rolling into theaters this Friday, the 70-minute tale of possession is heavy on atmosphere… Read more

Writer-director Lulu Wang’s semi-autobiographical “The Farewell” is, according to the writer-director, “Based on an Actual Lie.” Read more

When Wes Craven’s “Scream” opened in 1996, its success took the studio and theaters by surprise. In fact, the local Cinemark opted to put it in their dollar cinema on opening day. “Crawl” may be headed for a similar success once word of mouth spreads even though Paramount chose not to screen… Read more

It sounds like a Nicholas Sparks novel: Two star-crossed lovers in their mid-20s meet on a beautiful Greek island. She becomes the muse that jump-starts his singing career. They grow apart and eventually go their separate ways but remain on each other’s mind for the rest of their lives. At t… Read more

Last year Alfonso Cuarón’ gave us a glimpse of Mexico City’s past with “Roma” centered around a live-in maid named Cleo. This year Lila Avilés brings us into the present with a story about a single mom named Eve (Gabriela Cartol), who works as a chambermaid at Mexico City’s luxurious Hotel P… Read more

Ari Aster burst onto the scene last year with “Hereditary” a cryptic supernatural thriller reminiscent of horror films from the late 60s-early 70s known for building tension and delivering shocks. Read more

There is a scene in “Annabelle Comes Home” where a haunted typewriter in The Warren’s Occult Museum begins to type “Miss Me?” after everyone’s favorite demonically possessed doll Annabelle is unleashed from her protective glass box. Read more

Jessie Buckley is a revelation as an aspiring country singer living in Glasgow who dreams of making it to Nashville. The Irish-born actress, who delivered a knockout performance in last year’s “Beast,” is also a classically trained musician and runner up on the BBC talent show “I’d Do Anything.” Read more

Academy Award-winning director Denys Arcand (“The Barbarian Invasions”) once again explores society’s downfall in a tale about greed, corruption, and extravagance. Read more

Out of all the films I’ve screened so far this year, Joe Talbot’s “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” made the biggest impact. It brought the wow factor. At times, I felt like I was watching a mesmerizing play as the characters, dialogue, and plot complemented each other forming a visual p… Read more

Jim Jarmusch covered vampires in 2014 with “Only Lovers Left Alive” and now after drawing inspiration from George A. Romero, the indie king sets his sights on zombies, ghouls, the undead. Read more

If someone on the street offered you an all-expense paid trip to Egypt would you take them up on the offer? Entrepreneur Tarek Mounib, a Canadian Egyptian and practicing Muslim, had an epiphany one day while riding the rails in Switzerland. Read more

In the ’70s, fashion designer Halston was a force to be reckoned with. Born Roy Halston Frowick in Des Moines, Iowa, he began his career making hats, eventually becoming the head milliner at Bergdorf Goodman. Read more

Imagine if one of your favorite artists passed away, doesn’t matter what medium, and all their work was bought up by one individual and sealed away. Let’s use Prince as an example. If someone purchased his archives, songs, notes, guitars, etc., and sealed it all away from fans and family it … Read more

John Lithgow and Blythe Danner are a pleasure to watch in Noble Jones’ charming film about two seniors who find love as Lithgow’s character would say, “on the wrong side of 60.” At a time when monsters, maniacs and Marvel rule the box office, “The Tomorrow Man” is a refreshing film that move… Read more

To take a cue from Paul Mazursky’s 1969 film, writer-director Olivier Assayas’ French film could have easily been titled “Léonard & Valerie & Alain & Selena” as infidelity in the literary world becomes the matter at hand for this talk-heavy feature from the director behind “Perso… Read more