Marissa    the    Cinephile

THE NIGHTINGALE is a tense, tough one. Real world-terror is horrific and Jennifer Kent has executed a no holds barred devilish nightmare...

THE COUNTESS, a French-German, historical, gothic, drama that I’m also going to classify as a horror film and quite possibly lingers in...

One late night when I was a junior in high school I was browsing the tube and came across a film, that would later take me a decade to...

** I forewarn you. I cannot say enough exciting things about this spellbinding film! ** NEAR DARK (1987) directed by Kathryn Bigelow is...

Karyn Kusama’s THE INVITATION (2015) is eerily poetic connecting its seductively almost paralyzing ambiance, to what I imagine it feels...

When I read about French, filmmaker Julia Ducournau's RAW last year, I intrinsically knew it be something I’d find fascinating to study....

WIHM: DAY #15 HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP In so many words… exploitation, mutation, and half-witted pandemonium are all essential in making a...

Anna Biller’s THE LOVE WITCH is magnetic for a multitude of reasons whether it resides in its themes of feminism, fantasy, witchcraft and...

I remember, I was supposed to go to a screening of this film when it debut, but for some reason got cancelled and I kinda forgot about it...

I don’t typically like roasting films in my reviews because I try to dig deep in finding aspects that are worth a decent discourse. So...

My immediate thought was this feels like an elaborate Lancome commercial, but as the story progressed forward where two people meet in a...

Did you guys know there’s an anthology horror series called INTO THE DARK produced by a branch of Blumhouse Productions on Hulu? I...

Who can resist a shy, socially-awkward vampire who’s trying to resist the urge to… well be a vampire? This unconventional sweet- eyed...

Even as I write this, I’m still giggling at the brain and eyeballs in the mason jar. I can’t entirely explain why I find it so oddly...

There are various intricacies that make ALWAYS SHINE feel like a vague homage to Ingmar Bergman’s PERSONA. The emotions of women are a...