Michelle Kisner
@michellekisner.bsky.social
Freelancer/critic. Physical media enthusiast and essayist. Member of the Michigan Movie Critics Guild.
Contributor: Arrow, Vinegar Syndrome, Error_4444, Severin, Umbrella, Second Sight, BFI, Kino Lorber, 88 Films, Imprint, Terror Vision
Contributor: Arrow, Vinegar Syndrome, Error_4444, Severin, Umbrella, Second Sight, BFI, Kino Lorber, 88 Films, Imprint, Terror Vision
Reflection in a Dead Diamond (2025)
This is INCREDIBLE
It’s like Danger: Diabolik refracted through a diamond and madness
This is INCREDIBLE
It’s like Danger: Diabolik refracted through a diamond and madness
November 22, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Reflection in a Dead Diamond (2025)
This is INCREDIBLE
It’s like Danger: Diabolik refracted through a diamond and madness
This is INCREDIBLE
It’s like Danger: Diabolik refracted through a diamond and madness
Frankenstein (2025)
I thought this was fantastic! Very touching (and gory).
The sets and costumes were amazing! Loved Jacob Elordi’s performance; poignant and haunting.
I thought this was fantastic! Very touching (and gory).
The sets and costumes were amazing! Loved Jacob Elordi’s performance; poignant and haunting.
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Frankenstein (2025)
I thought this was fantastic! Very touching (and gory).
The sets and costumes were amazing! Loved Jacob Elordi’s performance; poignant and haunting.
I thought this was fantastic! Very touching (and gory).
The sets and costumes were amazing! Loved Jacob Elordi’s performance; poignant and haunting.
Ernest Scared Stupid (1991)
Fun fact: Ernest is canonically impervious to damage, so essentially he is an elder god of some sort
Fun fact: Ernest is canonically impervious to damage, so essentially he is an elder god of some sort
November 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Ernest Scared Stupid (1991)
Fun fact: Ernest is canonically impervious to damage, so essentially he is an elder god of some sort
Fun fact: Ernest is canonically impervious to damage, so essentially he is an elder god of some sort
Bugonia (2025)
Lanthimos actually toned down the torture scenes from the original film, Save the Green Planet, so it’s easier to digest in that respect. It doesn’t do the tone changing as much either.
It’s fantastic and it captures the vibe while doing its own thing too.
Lanthimos actually toned down the torture scenes from the original film, Save the Green Planet, so it’s easier to digest in that respect. It doesn’t do the tone changing as much either.
It’s fantastic and it captures the vibe while doing its own thing too.
October 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Bugonia (2025)
Lanthimos actually toned down the torture scenes from the original film, Save the Green Planet, so it’s easier to digest in that respect. It doesn’t do the tone changing as much either.
It’s fantastic and it captures the vibe while doing its own thing too.
Lanthimos actually toned down the torture scenes from the original film, Save the Green Planet, so it’s easier to digest in that respect. It doesn’t do the tone changing as much either.
It’s fantastic and it captures the vibe while doing its own thing too.
I received my contributor copy of Alone from Error_4444! It’s an incredibly haunting film that I loved writing about. My essay is about depictions of Siamese twins in media and how it influenced Alone.
October 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I received my contributor copy of Alone from Error_4444! It’s an incredibly haunting film that I loved writing about. My essay is about depictions of Siamese twins in media and how it influenced Alone.
Night of the Living Dead (1990)
“We are them. They are us.”
“We are them. They are us.”
September 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Night of the Living Dead (1990)
“We are them. They are us.”
“We are them. They are us.”
One Battle After Another (2025)
Hilarious, touching, and subversive. The pacing is immaculate, it doesn’t feel like an almost three hour film. Go see this at the theater!
Hilarious, touching, and subversive. The pacing is immaculate, it doesn’t feel like an almost three hour film. Go see this at the theater!
September 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
One Battle After Another (2025)
Hilarious, touching, and subversive. The pacing is immaculate, it doesn’t feel like an almost three hour film. Go see this at the theater!
Hilarious, touching, and subversive. The pacing is immaculate, it doesn’t feel like an almost three hour film. Go see this at the theater!
Day of the Dead (1985)
One of my favorite things about this film is that everyone is fucked. The world actually ended but these characters can’t bring themselves to admit it.
One of my favorite things about this film is that everyone is fucked. The world actually ended but these characters can’t bring themselves to admit it.
September 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Day of the Dead (1985)
One of my favorite things about this film is that everyone is fucked. The world actually ended but these characters can’t bring themselves to admit it.
One of my favorite things about this film is that everyone is fucked. The world actually ended but these characters can’t bring themselves to admit it.
Save the Green Planet (2003)
Billionaires might as well be from a different planet because they are not living in the same universe as the rest of us.
Billionaires might as well be from a different planet because they are not living in the same universe as the rest of us.
September 6, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Save the Green Planet (2003)
Billionaires might as well be from a different planet because they are not living in the same universe as the rest of us.
Billionaires might as well be from a different planet because they are not living in the same universe as the rest of us.
Jaws (1975)
The 3D version that’s currently playing in theaters looks INCREDIBLE!
The 3D version that’s currently playing in theaters looks INCREDIBLE!
August 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Jaws (1975)
The 3D version that’s currently playing in theaters looks INCREDIBLE!
The 3D version that’s currently playing in theaters looks INCREDIBLE!
Decision to Leave (2022)
August 31, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Decision to Leave (2022)
Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue (1992)
Shin really got the shit end of the stick as far as the Riders go. His transformation and grasshopper body are amazing looking, it’s basically a sci-fi/horror film that happens to have Kamen Rider in it.
Shin really got the shit end of the stick as far as the Riders go. His transformation and grasshopper body are amazing looking, it’s basically a sci-fi/horror film that happens to have Kamen Rider in it.
August 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue (1992)
Shin really got the shit end of the stick as far as the Riders go. His transformation and grasshopper body are amazing looking, it’s basically a sci-fi/horror film that happens to have Kamen Rider in it.
Shin really got the shit end of the stick as far as the Riders go. His transformation and grasshopper body are amazing looking, it’s basically a sci-fi/horror film that happens to have Kamen Rider in it.
I love that new people are discovering how much Shin Godzilla FUCKS
August 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I love that new people are discovering how much Shin Godzilla FUCKS
The Piano Teacher (2001)
The realization that pain isn’t what she actually wanted, it’s what she thought she deserved.
The realization that pain isn’t what she actually wanted, it’s what she thought she deserved.
August 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The Piano Teacher (2001)
The realization that pain isn’t what she actually wanted, it’s what she thought she deserved.
The realization that pain isn’t what she actually wanted, it’s what she thought she deserved.
I contributed a chapter to this upcoming book that covers some of the films of Jack Hill! I chose Coffy (1973) for my piece, “Coffy is the Color of Your Skin: Pam Grier and the Dream of a Strong Black Woman.” It will be available soon from Headpress Publishing and was edited by Anthony Taylor!
August 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I contributed a chapter to this upcoming book that covers some of the films of Jack Hill! I chose Coffy (1973) for my piece, “Coffy is the Color of Your Skin: Pam Grier and the Dream of a Strong Black Woman.” It will be available soon from Headpress Publishing and was edited by Anthony Taylor!
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)
Seemingly, all of these different lives have nothing in common until they are united by death. Then their tragedy is narrated on the news, more background noise that will hardly make a blip, and the cycle continues.
Seemingly, all of these different lives have nothing in common until they are united by death. Then their tragedy is narrated on the news, more background noise that will hardly make a blip, and the cycle continues.
August 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)
Seemingly, all of these different lives have nothing in common until they are united by death. Then their tragedy is narrated on the news, more background noise that will hardly make a blip, and the cycle continues.
Seemingly, all of these different lives have nothing in common until they are united by death. Then their tragedy is narrated on the news, more background noise that will hardly make a blip, and the cycle continues.
Benny’s Video (1992)
Benny was a little shithead, huh?
The first hour is intense watching Benny become obsessed with the death; not only death but the instant of violence that causes it. Once he experiences it he realizes he feels nothing.
Benny was a little shithead, huh?
The first hour is intense watching Benny become obsessed with the death; not only death but the instant of violence that causes it. Once he experiences it he realizes he feels nothing.
August 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Benny’s Video (1992)
Benny was a little shithead, huh?
The first hour is intense watching Benny become obsessed with the death; not only death but the instant of violence that causes it. Once he experiences it he realizes he feels nothing.
Benny was a little shithead, huh?
The first hour is intense watching Benny become obsessed with the death; not only death but the instant of violence that causes it. Once he experiences it he realizes he feels nothing.
Challengers (2024)
August 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Challengers (2024)
The Seventh Continent (1989)
The first two acts are fascinating, the way it repeats itself but in each iteration it becomes more skewed.
What haunts me the most is there is no why, no motivation, just death. No closure.
The first two acts are fascinating, the way it repeats itself but in each iteration it becomes more skewed.
What haunts me the most is there is no why, no motivation, just death. No closure.
August 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The Seventh Continent (1989)
The first two acts are fascinating, the way it repeats itself but in each iteration it becomes more skewed.
What haunts me the most is there is no why, no motivation, just death. No closure.
The first two acts are fascinating, the way it repeats itself but in each iteration it becomes more skewed.
What haunts me the most is there is no why, no motivation, just death. No closure.
I dunno if this makes it better but apparently it was live action and they Deepfaked his face? I thought the whole thing was AI!
July 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I dunno if this makes it better but apparently it was live action and they Deepfaked his face? I thought the whole thing was AI!