Tag: X
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Mia Goth Says MaXXXine Has the Biggest Stakes of Ti West’s X Trilogy
Ti West took the horror world by storm in 2022 when he debuted X—a love letter to 1970s slasher movies—at SXSW and revealed that not only had he shot a prequel in tandem with the first film but that it would ultimately be a trilogy centered around two characters played by Mia Goth. Currently on…
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Wednesday Gets New Pop Figures at Funko Fair 2023
Jenna Ortega has quickly turned into a modern horror icon. Along with her critically acclaimed slashers X and Scream last year, the young star also became the talk of the genre town because of her breakout role as Wednesday Addams in the self-titled Netflix series directed in part by film legend Tim Burton. When the…
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Every Ti West Movie, Ranked Worst To Best
Horror director Ti West came up through the world of micro-budget filmmaking. His early efforts were bankrolled by the likes of Larry Fessenden. He was also involved in the mumblecore movement thanks to a friendship with Joe Swanberg: They’ve even acted in each other’s movies. He has directed episodes of television shows as varied as “The Resident” and “Wayward Pines,” and…
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Every Mia Goth Movie, Ranked Worst To Best
It’s astounding how quickly Mia Goth has cemented herself in popular culture as not just an incredibly talented actress, but one with an intuitive sense of what projects suit her best. The London-born actress, who made her feature film debut back in 2013 with Lars von Trier’s “Nymphomaniac,” has become a staple of arthouse drama,…
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The X-Files’ Closure Is About More Than Samantha’s Ending
The mystery of what happened to Samantha Mulder is the most important plotline in
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Sitges Festival Awards: ‘Sisu,’ ‘Huesera,’ Ti West’s ‘X’ Among Major Winners
Jalmari Helander’s WWII action thriller “Sisu” has made good on its upbeat reception at Toronto Midnight Madness – Variety called it “outrageously entertaining” – winning the top award at this year’s Sitges – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia which is showing, like genre itself, clear signs of expansion.The over 70,000 tickets sold at 2022’s…
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How Ti West Brought Horror Back Into Technicolor
“X” and “Pearl,” the first two entries in a surprise horror trilogy that concludes with the recently announced “MaXXXine,” couldn’t look more different from one another. “X” is inspired by the gonzo, rough-and-ready filmmaking of the 1970s. “Pearl” looks like it could’ve been shot by the Freed unit, mimicking the three-strip Technicolor process that’s inextricably…
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Why Pearl Works as an Ode to Vintage Camp Cinema
It’s very difficult to make modern entries in the camp cinema canon. This is partly because many of the movies that are now considered cornerstones of camp cinema were never intended to fit that definition. Though it sounds like a paradox, the obliviousness of these artists that they were fitting the mold of camp, not…
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‘Pearl’: Martin Scorsese Raves About Ti West’s “Wild, Mesmerizing, Deeply Disturbing” Horror Film
We know that Martin Scorsese isn’t a huge fan of superhero films. However, did you know that the man behind “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull” is a big fan of indie horror? Well, apparently he is, as Scorsese recently gave the new horror film, “Pearl,” a rave review.Read More: ‘Pearl’ Review: Mia Goth Totally Kills…
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Ti West’s Unexpected Franchise: Pearl, X, MaXXXine
The birth of original horror franchises are rare. A sequel greenlit and shot back-to-back with the first film, even more so. Ti West managed to do so through distributor A24 this year. In a surprising turn, Ti West announced after the premiere of X earlier this year that the film will have a prequel, now…