The feature debut of director / writer Justin Simien, is a sharp, smart, ambitious satire of race, racism, privilege, prejudice, and power at an Ivy League college.
The debut feature by Robert Eggers is a primal horror film rooted in the fear and superstition of early 17th century New England and introduced Anya Taylor-Joy.
Ti West was a young horror director with old-school sensibilities when he made his name with this throwback to the style of John Carpenter in the early eighties.
This mix of body-snatcher science fiction, crime thriller, and offbeat buddy cop drama is one of the better genre-mashups to come out of 1980s American cinema.
Frank Henenlotter’s gruesome little cult indie-horror drama of brotherly love is the director’s memorable and inventive tribute to the grindhouse horror films he loves.
Carpenter’s witty, scruffy little science fiction film is a pulpy alien invasion tale turned into a piece of socio-political commentary that is still relevent and resonant. It’s also a lot of fun.
Nicholas Winding Refn’s social commentary-as-heady horror film isn’t big on subtlety but his allegory for the hunger for youth and beauty is fascinating and gorgeous.
