‘The Shape of Water’ and How Falling in Love with Monsters Can Set You Free
In praise of del Toro's Gill-Man: Why fantasy is the political genre we need and deserve right now. Read More
September 5, 2017
Monsters
Seeing the Pattern: ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ and US Immigration
Warner Bros. is riding the wave of immigration anxiety with its latest remake. Read More
July 21, 2017
My Pet Monster: 5 Films That Made Allies From Beasts
A fistful of monster mashes in the wake of Nacho Vigalondo’s ‘Colossal.’ Read More
April 5, 2017
Ben Wheatley’s ‘Freakshift’ is Bringing Your OTP Back Together
Alicia Vikander and Armie Hammer are gonna fight giant crab monsters with guns. I know, right?!Vikander and Hammer in The Man… Read More
April 5, 2017
Millie Bobby Brown Has Found Her Next Monster
This will be the young star’s first film role.If you have seen the melancholic and spooky Netflix series Stranger Things, then… Read More
January 30, 2017
For the Love of Monsters
'A Monster Calls' and cinema’s long history of sympathetic monsters. Read More
January 12, 2017
In the Battle Between Soldiers and Monsters, Audiences Win
Kong: Skull Island just earned a bunch of new fans and it has very little to do with a giant monkey.So… Read More
November 18, 2016
We’re All In for Godzilla Resurgence
West versus East interpretations of a classic movie monster.I’m rooting for Godzilla.2014 brought us Gareth Edwards’s Godzilla, the American movie reboot… Read More
July 21, 2016
‘Monsters: The Dark Continent’ Teaser Trailer: Space Octopuses Invade the Middle East
Gareth Edwards is hard at work demolishing most of Hawaii for his upcoming Godzilla reboot, but it was his first… Read More
August 22, 2013