Goblins Week: What’s Ours – Exploring Anglo-Irish tensions through goblins in UNWELCOME
by Samantha McLaren, Staff Writer
Unwelcome shows us that Ireland’s story goes back further than the people who fight over it, and it’s still being written.
Goblins Week: THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES balances childhood whimsy and real horror
by Heidi Krull, Staff Writer
There is more to this film than meets the eye, and it strikes a rare balance between whimsical fantasy and actual, terrifying horror.
Philadelphia Film Festival Preview 2024, features THE BRUTALIST, ERNEST COLE and more
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
What I enjoy most about a film festival—the opportunity to take a chance and discover a gem.
24th Annual SCREAMFEST HORROR FILM FEST is sure to terrify
by Vannah Taylor, Staff Writer
Screamfest will feature a total of 29 features and 111 shorts–meaning there is no shortage of unforgettably terrifying films.
Goblins Week: DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK combines fairies and a haunted house with mixed results
by Sam Christian, Staff Writer
Don’t be Afraid of the Dark is a modern gothic fairytale written and produced by Guillermo del Toro and the directorial debut and (sole feature film to date) of comic book artist Troy Nixey
THE 9TH ANNUAL BROOKLYN HORROR FILM FEST is on a mission to provide nightmare fuel
by Jenika McCrayer, Staff Writer
Spooky Season is upon us, and what better way to celebrate than at the ninth annual Brooklyn Horror Film Festival (BHFF), happening from Thursday, October 17 through Thursday, October 24, 2024.
Goblins Week: The Grim, Giddy Goblins of LABYRINTH
by Darian Davis, Staff Writer
Henson’s and Froud’s impeccably crafted Labyrinth features a fantastic world for families to visit over and over again.
Ghost Week: The living ghosts of DON’T LOOK NOW and PERSONAL SHOPPER
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
What would it mean if we could receive messages through the veil? Nicholas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now (1973) and Olivier Assayas’ Personal Shopper (2016) both approach grieving from this angle but with different tones.
Ghost Week: After 15 years, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY is truly a modern horror classic
by Emily Maesar, Associate Editor, TVJawn
Thus, Paranormal Activity became the 2000s major case of word-of-mouth film marketing. It opened wider and wider until it was inescapable.
Ghost Week: Seances on screen, from traditional to fraudulent and beyond
by Kevin Murphy, Staff Writer
Exploring some great examples of seances on screen–from the traditional to the modern, the fraudulent to the unguided nightmare scenarios.
This House is Ours: Haunted houses and spiritualism in THE OTHERS
by Kate Beach, Staff Writer
What happens when multiple generations of owners all feel that a house is theirs to live in, to die in, to stay forever?
Ghost Week: The unseen ghost in REBECCA
by Melissa Strong, Staff Writer
MJ’s Ghosts, Goblins, Ghouls, Goths, and Grotesqueries! theme is a great time to revisit the Alfred Hitchcock classic Rebecca (1940).
Interview: THE UNIVERSAL THEORY director Timm Kröger on cinematography, trains, and more
by Andrea Schmidt, Staff Writer
A Cold War era thriller set in the mountains of Switzerland, The Universal Theory first premiered at the 2023 Venice Film Festival and will see its US premiere this upcoming Friday at the Quad Cinema in New York City.
Coppola Week: BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA succeeds because it puts craft first
by Shayna Davis, Staff Writer
The silent film era techniques Coppola pulled into Dracula gives a nearly timeless look to the film. If it weren’t for the casting, I can’t say I’d necessarily be able to pinpoint what year the film was made.
Coppola Week: A Man and his dream – Coppola in the 80s
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
This week, in honor of the wide release of Megalopolis, MovieJawn is looking back at some of Francis Ford Coppola’s lesser-discussed work. No Godfathers, Conversations, or Apocalypses right Now.
Read MoreSLASHERS: A Sneak Peek at the Fall 2024 MovieJawn Zine
by Benjamin Leonard, Best Boy
We have just started shipping out the latest issue of the zine, and I thought it’d be fun to tell you all about it. It’s the spooky season and our topic this time is SLASHERS. If you want to watch before you read, I’ve included links for where you can find the films we’ve discussed.
Coppola Week: Francis does teen angst in THE OUTSIDERS and RUMBLE FISH
by Fiona Underhill, Staff Writer
Between The Outsiders and Rumble Fish (also 1983), Coppola is credited with basically creating the ‘Brat Pack’ of young actors who would go on to dominate Hollywood in the 1980s.
Coppola Week: THE RAIN PEOPLE embodies the transient experience of its shoot
by Kevin Murphy, Staff Writer
The film is something of a transient experience for everyone, especially the characters.
Preview: Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival (PUFF) returns September 24
by "Doc" Hunter Bush, Staff Writer
Join me as I check out PUFF for a ninth glorious, gory-ous, weird and way-out year. Below I've highlighted just a few flicks you may want to make time for.
Coppola Week: Horror at Haloran's - How Coppola's freshman feature DEMENTIA 13 developed his style
by Mo Moshaty, Staff Writer
The first foray out as a filmmaker can be a make or break. Francis Ford Coppola’s Dementia 13 (1963) is a disjointed gothic horror exploring psychological horror and paranoia.