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Film Review: The Curse of La Llorona (7/10)
The Curse of La Llorona (2019), directed by Michael Chaves and produced by James Wan, dives into the folklore of “The Weeping Woman,” a ghostly mother doomed to wander in grief after drowning her children.
Oct 29, 20254 min read
Faith-Based Cinema Builds a Global Following
From Nairobi to New Orleans, faith films are quietly breaking even where blockbusters bomb. Low-budget productions, community screenings, and YouTube trailers turn belief into business.
Oct 27, 20253 min read
13 Horror Tropes That Refuse to Die (and the One That Still Works)
So here’s my confession: I love horror, but I’m tired. Tired of watching the same jump scares, the same haunted basements, the same children humming off-key. But I’m also in awe of how, even through cliché, the genre still finds truth.
Oct 23, 20258 min read
Film Review: Glamping (5/10)
Glamping follows college influencer Olivia Tate, played by Rosemary Idisi, who decides to take her friends on a “glamorous camping” trip that turns out to be anything but.
Oct 22, 20253 min read
Film Review: Rosario (8/10)
Rosario, directed and written by María Fernanda Reyes, is a hauntingly beautiful Mexican drama that blurs the line between the living and the lost.
Oct 21, 20254 min read
9 Times the Villain Was Right (And the Heroes Were Just Loud)
Hollywood likes its morality color-coded: heroes noble, villains nuts. But if you rewind the reel with your eyes open, you’ll see something else — desperation, conviction, even reason. Sometimes heroes just has better lighting.
Oct 20, 20256 min read
Día de los Muertos Films Find New Global Audience
Once a regional tradition rooted in Mexico and the Latin American diaspora, the cinema of Día de los Muertos is now being spoken around the world.
Oct 17, 20253 min read
Film Review: The Night Boyz (5/10)
The Night Boyz, directed and written by BonVida, is a horror-thriller sprinkled with unexpected giggles, bursts of hood action, and a fresh take on the vampire niche.
Oct 16, 20254 min read
9 Sequels That Outshined the Originals (Yeah, I Said It)
For every studio cash grab that crashes faster than a Marvel VFX server, there are follow-ups that prove lightning can, in fact, strike twice — especially when the first bolt only singed the ground.
Oct 15, 20253 min read
Film Review: Transformers: Rise of the Beast (6/10)
Starring Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Ron Perlman, Peter Cullen, and Michelle Yeoh, the film expands the cinematic lore by introducing the Maximals; the animal-based robots made famous by the 1990s Beast Wars series.
Oct 14, 20254 min read
Afro-Latinx Horror Collective Reclaims Spooky Season
Forget chainsaws and cheap jump scares — this October’s most haunting stories are coming from the Caribbean and Latin diasporas, reclaiming their own monsters.
Oct 12, 20253 min read
Ask Pappy #2: The credits aren’t the end, they’re the thank you note.
My friends always get up as soon as the credits start. Meanwhile, I like to sit there and read the names... Does that make me weird?
Oct 11, 20252 min read
Film Review: Junpia (8/10)
Directed by José Gómez de Vargas and Laura Amelia Guzmán, Jupía (2022) is a Dominican supernatural horror rooted in the pulse of the island — part ancestral myth, part psychological descent.
Oct 8, 20254 min read
10 Horror Movies That Didn't Care to Be Scary (And Became Classics Anyway)
Some movies make you scream. Others make you scream laughing. And then there are the ones that aimed for terror but landed somewhere between campfire tale and community theater.
Oct 7, 20254 min read
Black Women in Comedy Lead Streaming Laughs and Ratings
The laughter this summer doesn’t sound like the old one—it’s richer, sharper, more self-aware. And that’s because Black women aren’t just getting a turn on stage anymore—they’re taking over the whole house.
Oct 5, 20253 min read
7 “Just Fine” Movies Everyone Pretends to Love
They win awards, trend on Film Twitter, and get defended by people who swear you “just didn’t get it.
”Newsflash: I got it. It just wasn’t that deep.
Oct 3, 20253 min read
NYFF 2025 Spotlights Global Voices in Cinema
From the Kenyan highlands to the dusty landscapes of Chile, from Vietnamese elder villages to Southeast Asian city nights, the lineup reframes migration, climate crisis, and identity not as peripheral themes—but as central narratives. NYFF 2025 arrives at a moment when global cinema isn’t looking for permission to speak; it’s telling us we’ve been listening to the wrong voices all along.
Oct 1, 20253 min read
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