Alien: Covenant is a greatest-hits compilation, remastered in high definition and dripping in menace, with nods to all the previous films in the franchise. Read More
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Sarah Welch-Larson lives in Chicago with her husband, their dog, and two dozen houseplants. She is the author of the book Becoming Alien: The Beginning and End of Evil in Science Fiction's Most Idiosyncratic Franchise, forthcoming from Cascade Books. In her spare time she enjoys reading, knitting, and shouting about science fiction.
Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker, unlike most films, is not an escape. Read More
Serenity, for me, is a warm quilt on a sick day, my first choice when I’m feeling tired or discouraged or can’t stand the thought of watching any other movie. Read More
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is not, perhaps, Miyazaki’s best movie, but it is his most earnest and original; a declaration of ideals that his later movies will refine. Read More
It feels good to watch familiar characters behave the way we know they will, to let a movie carve a groove into your heart. Read More
Both The Last Temptation of Christ and Last Days in the Desert attempt to answer the question, “What was Jesus the human like?” Read More
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