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Lex Briscuso

Lex Briscuso is an entertainment and culture writer, critic, and radio host living in Brooklyn. In addition to writing news and criticism for /Film, she is the head of social media at Dread Central, Dread Presents, and Epic Pictures Group, and contributes criticism at Paste Magazine. You can find her bylines at The Guardian, Fangoria, Vulture, Roger Ebert, EUPHORIA., Dread Central, and Shudder's The Bite, and her horror and genre radio show, YOUR NICHE IS DEAD, is live Mondays at 5pm ET on independent internet station KPISSFM.
Swarm Review

‘Swarm’ Sees Dominique Fishback Impressively Raise Hell in the Name of Fandom and Idolatry

By Lex Briscuso 

Fandom and fatalities don’t mix—but in Donald Glover and Janine Nabers’ new series, they come crashing to a bloody, glorious head.

Cora Bora

‘Cora Bora’ Is a Star Vehicle For Meg Stalter To Prove Her Immense Dramatic Skills

By Lex Briscuso 

Meg Stalter is a star, and now the world will finally get to see her lead the way in this dramedy that shows her off as the complete acting package.
Magazine Dreams Sundance

‘Magazine Dreams’ is an Enigmatic and Dark Star Vehicle for an Incendiary Jonathan Majors

By Lex Briscuso 

Elijah Bynum’s Sundance breakout ‘Magazine Dreams’ laser-focuses on star Jonathan Majors, whose incel bodybuilder character is cracking at the seams.
Margot Robbie in Babylon

‘Babylon’ Is Chaos Personified — But That Becomes Part Of the Charm in Its Mess

By Lex Briscuso 

Damien Chazelle wants to dance his dance again, but this time, the Hollywood bacchanalia won’t save him from his cinema sins.

Empire Of Light Review

‘Empire of Light’ Is a Visual Feast That Feels Performative Where It Should Dig Deeper

By Lex Briscuso 

Cinema has always been an escape, but in Empire of Light, it simply distracts from a deeper indictment of racially motivated violence.
Holy Spider

‘Holy Spider’ Is a Compelling True Crime Tale That Idolizes Its Killer

By Lex Briscuso 

When dramatizing a real serial killer’s reign, we need to think more about the victims and the people who loved them living in the aftermath.
Banshees Of Inisherin

‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ Is Martin McDonagh At His Most Tender

By Lex Briscuso 

The Irish playwright’s fourth feature gets to the heart of friendship and loneliness in his most relatable film yet.
Dont Worry Darling Florence Pugh Harry Styles

‘Don’t Worry Darling’ is A Cautionary Tale of America’s Fascist Backslide

By Lex Briscuso 

Olivia Wilde’s second feature showcases the intriguing performances of Florence Pugh and Harry Styles as an idyllic couple whose bond is shaken by the truth of their all-too-perfect existence.

The Whale Brendan Fraser

‘The Whale’ Gets to the Shameful Heart of the Emotional Eating Experience

By Lex Briscuso 

The filmmaker’s newest feature since ‘mother!’ will ring true for many BED sufferers and plus-sized people despite his decision to put Brendan Fraser in a fat suit.