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Halloween Horror: The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes has a grimy atmosphere, nasty deaths, and a simmering subtext of class rage

Star Wars: Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985)

The second Ewoks spin-off film, The Battle for Endor, learns from the mistakes of its predecessor while relying heavily on fantasy conventions and parallels to the Original Trilogy.

Review: Ad Astra (2019)

James Gray’s Ad Astra is a stunning example of science-fiction worldbuilding, even if its philosophical view of the cosmos is surprisingly reductive.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromOctober 24, 2019Ad Astra, James Gray, Ethan Gross, Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, Donald Sutherland, John Ortiz, Greg Bryk, Loren Dean, Natasha LyonneComment

Halloween Horror: Christine (1983)

Christine finds John Carpenter working at the height of his formal powers, transforming a ridiculous concept into a thrilling film.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's Reviews, Halloween Horror IIAren BergstromOctober 22, 2019Christine, John Carpenter, Bill Phillips, Stephen King, Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky, Harry Dean Stanton, Christine Belford, Robert BlossomComment

Star Wars: Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1984)

Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure shows that not all Lucasfilm Star Wars productions can capture the same magic as the Original Trilogy, though it isn’t without some interest.

Reviews, Star Wars, Flash BackAnders BergstromOctober 18, 2019Star Wars, Star Wars Retrospective, Ewoks, Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure, fantasy, children's movie, Warwick DavisComment

Planet in Focus 2019: The Hottest August

This essayistic documentary explores the city of New York in the month of August 2017 and the hopes and fears of the people in it.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnders BergstromOctober 17, 2019Planet in Focus 2019, Planet in Focus, documentary, climate change, economyComment

Planet in Focus 2019: The Last Male on Earth

A quietly critical documentary exploring the spectacle around Sudan, the last male Northern White Rhino who died in 2018.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromOctober 17, 2019The Last Male on Earth, Planet in Focus, Planet in Focus 2019, Floor van der Meulen, Renko Douze, SudanComment

Planet in Focus 2019: Earth

Earth is visually arresting, but also repetitive, which dulls its overall message.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromOctober 15, 2019Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Earth, Planet in Focus 2019, Planet in FocusComment

Halloween Horror: Halloween (2018)

David Gordon Green revives the Halloween films with this satisfying horror sequel that returns to the original’s strengths.

Reviews, Halloween Horror, The Current: At HomeAnders BergstromOctober 10, 2019Halloween, Halloween Horror, horror, Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Michael Myers, John Carpenter, slasher, diegetic reboot, David Gordon GreenComment

Review: Joker (2019)

Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix weaponize our familiarity with comic book narratives to paint a portrait of personal evil and social dysfunction.

Halloween Horror: It Chapter Two (2019)

It Chapter Two is effective and scary if a bit muddled.

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)

Return of the Jedi is both a technological marvel and one of cinema’s most powerful redemption narratives.

Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

A rare sequel that goes in a different direction, darker and deeper, The Empire Strikes Back permanently transformed what the Star Wars saga would be.