10 Best Spirited Away Moments

Posted on September 20, 2022September 20, 2022 by Margaret Roarty

The 10 best moments from ‘Spirited Away’, the Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli animated masterpiece about a young girl’s adventures into another world. List by Margaret Roarty.

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There’s No Place like St. Louis at Christmas

Posted on December 18, 2021December 1, 2022 by Margaret Roarty

If ‘The Wizard of Oz’ taught us that there’s no place like home, ‘Meet Me in St. Louis’ taught us that, actually, there’s no place like St. Louis. Essay by Margaret Roarty.

Ten Women Who Defined and Evolved Horror’s Final Girl Trope

Posted on October 30, 2021November 2, 2021 by Margaret Roarty

Ten of horror’s most important final girls, from Sally Hardesty of ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ to Laurie Strode of ‘Halloween’, Ellen Ripley of ‘Alien’ and beyond. List by Margaret Roarty.

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Arrival and the Language of Cinema

Posted on March 11, 2021March 14, 2023 by Margaret Roarty

In his 2016 science fiction film ‘Arrival’, director Denis Villeneuve expertly uses the power of cinematic language to take us on a mind bending journey of love, loss, and the inevitability of time. Essay by Margaret Roarty.

‘In the Cut’ and How Marriage Can Kill You, Actually

Posted on November 13, 2020March 5, 2021 by Margaret Roarty

How Jane Campion erotic thriller ‘In the Cut’ (2003) starring Meg Ryan subverted the expectations of the erotic thriller genre and has gone underappreciated for close to two decades. Article by Margaret Roarty.