18 Halloween Thrillers That Are Scary but Not Gory
Screenshot: The Conjuring/Warner Bros.I give director James Wan an awful lot of credit. After making a boatload of money creating the Saw franchise (a series of movies that popularized the term “torture porn”), he turned around and reinvented the spooky haunted house genre in Insidious and The Conjuring. Tastes in thrillers vary wildly, but it’s…
21 of the Best Movies About Catholics, According to Twitter
Twitter user Ian St. recently asked for a list of favorite Catholic movies, leaving interpretation of the question open-ended, and folks were happy to offer up their top choices:These aren’t exclusively pro-Catholic movies (although most are). Some ask uncomfortable questions; they’re challenging, and uncomfortable. Several users mentioned Dogma, which I’ve not included in this list…
15 Movies to Inspire Your Existential Travel Across the US When...
Chloé Zhao’s Academy Award-winning Nomadland is inspiring a new wave of tourism to unlikely locations in South Dakota, including the Reptile Gardens animal park and the cowboy-themed Wall Drug Store, both featured in the film.With all respect to those attractions, it’s less the sites themselves than the context that’s selling them: Nomadland paints a picture…
