By Noel Vera Video Review Begotten Directed by E. Elias Merhige E. ELIAS MERHIGE’s Begotten has sprouted a few legends since it emerged in the 1990s -- how...

By Kevin McDonough OUR RETURN to the 1980s continues with the eight-part drama Stranger Things, now streaming in its entirety on Netflix. From its title card...

Movie Review MNL 143 Directed by Emerson Reyes By Noel Vera You’d think Emerson Reyes’s MNL 143 took inspiration from Jafar Panahi’s Taxi, or Steven Knight’s Locke —...

The Binge Jessica Zafra WARNING: Here be dragons and spoilers. It ended with a corpse, and it begins with a corpse. Then other corpses. Many, many corpses. The...

By Noel Vera (WARNING: story and plot twists discussed in detail) Alan Moore’s The Killing Joke is generally considered the classic Joker comic book, Sam Liu’s...

Video Out 1: Noli Me Tangere Directed by Jacques Rivette Available on Netflix until Oct. 1 By Noel Vera WHAT TO CALL Jacques Rivette’s 1971 work? He named...

LONGTIME gamers remember Shenmue fondly for what it tried to achieve. The open-world adventure brawler was revolutionary in its ideas, trying its hardest to blend an engaging narrative, extensive exploration sprinkled with minigames of various types, quick time events, and combat sequences. Released back in 1999 as a Sega Dreamcast exclusive, it met with extremely positive praise, but somehow failed to parlay its critical acclaim into commercial appeal.

FANS of David Bowie were able to mark the first anniversary of his death on Tuesday by listening to a new EP from the “Space...

By Heather Turk DVD Review Beauty and the Beast Blu-ray Silver Anniversary Edition A TALE as old as time gets the silver anniversary treatment, as Beauty and the Beast...

Video Review The Death of Louis XIV Directed by Albert Serra By Noel Vera ALBERT SERRA’S The Death of Louis XIV shares at first glance the same status...

By Richard Roeper “IF YOU’D come today you would have reached a whole nation/Israel in 4 BC had no mass communication.” In the first nine months...

By Noel Vera DVD Review Goodnight Mommy Directed by Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz SEVERIN FIALA and Veronika Franz’s Goodnight Mommy is perfect Mother’s Day fare -- if your...