It’s a simple question that’s also crushingly difficult to answer — film is a varied, dynamic art form that features ever-changing definitions of quality. What if a film isn’t enjoyable in any sense ...

An Andrew Garfield film that prompted festival walkouts is finally available to stream in the UK. The film, titled Mainstream, sees the British actor take on his boldest role yet as a YouTuber ...

Fatih Akin’s latest movie is a fetid stain on the CV of a good filmmaker. Akin has made the true story of a repulsive, grotesque serial killer into a repulsive, grotesque movie, a calamitous misfire ...

A generation ago, film director Eli Roth made “Hostel: Part II,” one of the most heinous things, never mind movies, on the planet — a film of lingering torture sequences, bad faith, worse misogyny and ...

Enter Your Email to Unlock This Article Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Boulder Theater will present The ...

Flannery O’Connor created such a vibrant rogues gallery of characters and tales both real and surreal, “grotesque” and mundane, we would expect there to be more traction on the cinematic adaptation ...

Grotesque is a film that has stuck with me for a very long time. I’ve written about it before, and watching the movie is actually what got me into film writing and academics. It is a compelling and ...

Neon is on a roll this year and it all started with Immaculate, the religious horror film starring Sydney Sweeney that was caught in development hell for a decade. With a rigorous marketing campaign ...

Art the Clown has returned, and it appears he hasn’t lost a step as he reportedly kicks things up a notch when it comes to nauseating audience members to the point of vomiting and running from ...

Festivalgoers clearly couldn’t handle the gross-out factor of this new film. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. While the critics ...

Demi Moore stars as an aging Hollywood star named Elisabeth Sparkle in "The Substance." Ousted from her fitness show, she takes a serum to create a younger, "better" version of herself. The satirical ...

Years before Nine Inch Nails‘ headman Trent Reznor soundtracked the Social Network, he was involved in … let’s just say a very different kind of movie. The end result was too much for even Reznor; not ...