55 films for the month of January! Check out my substack for more thoughts!

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Iron Lung (2026) dir Mark Fischbach.

Lovecraftian horror is hard to pull off well. This doesn’t.
At least 45 minutes too long and could’ve been a genuinely strong short. There are the bones of an interesting idea here.

We lost one of the best comedic actresses today in Catherine O’Hara. Beetlejuice and Best In Show are two of the important comedies in my life. A rewatch is in order.

Happy @letterboxd.social Friday.

13 films this week and up to 49 for January. A new film I love and a new film I hate (not High-Rise)

Norm Gunderson: Patron saint of good husbands.

The Endless - A film about cults, cycles, and the comfort of choosing your own prison. It’s weird, thoughtful, and far better than the sum of its parts!

I’ve started a Friday film mailbag where readers can ask serious questions and I respond sensibly.

This week’s question: why does the apocalypse look relaxing?

Wrote about 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. Messy, provocative, uneven, and way more interesting than I expected.

If you like your horror weird and your sequels risky, this one’s for you.

The most personal thing I’ve ever written. 35,000 feet in the air, sleep deprived, hungry, and slightly delirious.

Think you’ve seen every horror worth watching? Think again. The Empty Man is a slow-burning nightmare that creeps under your skin, messes with your mind, and sticks with you long after the credits roll. Grief, paranoia, and belief become gateways to a terror you can’t unsee.

How do you continue to live when terrible things keep happening? That question echoed through 2025’s films. A look at movies addressing aftermath, endurance, and what lingers after life happens.