The name “Mike Flanagan” might as well be a license to print money these days, with “The Haunting of Hill House,” “The Haunting of Bly Manor,” “Midnight Mass,” “Gerald’s Game,” “Doctor Sleep,” and just about anything else he’s ever put his name on developing massive and dedicated fanbases. For the most part, Flanagain deals with […]

Within just four episodes, “Andor” has proven itself to be a cut above other “Star Wars” series. There is a palpable sense of connection that the show has to its titular character, making it more akin to a character study than a big, epic space opera. Reprising his role from “Rogue One,” it is clear […]

I’ve always thought it was a bit unfair to pigeonhole Takashi Miike as a director known solely for shock and horror. While some of his most famous movies, such as “Audition” and “Ichi the Killer,” do fall in this realm, he’s also made everything from family movies to legal comedies and even musicals throughout his […]

For reasons both related and unrelated to the contents of the movie itself, “Don’t Worry Darling” has been dominating headlines in the film world. When the Olivia Wilde-directed psychological thriller arrived in American theaters in late September 2022 following a much-discussed festival bow, it was one of the most hotly-anticipated mainstream releases of the fall […]

“The Lord of the Rings” gave us epic battles, complex stories full of lore and mythos, and great and memorable characters. One thing the movies and books were not, however, was morally ambiguous. In the world of Arda and Middle-earth, there is good and evil, no in-between. Men, elves, and dwarves are good (though they can […]

Few movies capture what kids are really like the way that “The Goonies” does. Whether or not that’s a good thing depends on how you look at it. Released in 1985, director Richard Donner’s adventure comedy film centers on a group of kids who reside in the “Goon Docks” of Astoria, Oregon (hence their self-anointed […]

Walter Hill is back with “Dead for a Dollar.” The influential writer and director behind “48 Hrs,” “Streets of Fire,” Southern Comfort,” “The Driver,” and “The Warriors” has returned with another western. For Hill, all of his movies, in one way or another, are westerns. He tends to follow cowboys whether in the streets of New […]

Hawkeye (not the one with the arrows) in the film version of “M*A*S*H,” President Snow in “The Hunger Games,” Buffy’s watcher Merrick in the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” movie — with an acting career that spans more thapn 60 years, Donald Sutherland has worked on just about every kind of project there is. That includes […]

The visual effects process for “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” is endlessly interesting, and I say this as someone whose typical response to VFX talk is of the “old man yells at clouds” variety. CGI-heavy stories too often look very bad, unreal and distracting, and dull all at once. But so far, […]

(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: “The Breakfast Club“ Where You Can Stream It: Hulu with Starz add-on/Peacock with Premium The Pitch: “The Breakfast Club” is a problematic film viewed […]