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Walter Chaw

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Denver, CO, United States

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  • The New York Times

Past articles by Walter:

‘Possession,’ An Open Wound Of A Movie, Finally Arrives On Streaming To Devastate Audiences Anew

The 1981 movie that was originally banned upon its release has finally landed on streaming, thanks to Shudder. → Read More

‘The Hunger’ Is Not Only A Masterpiece Of Erotic Cinema, It’s Also A Masterpiece of Modern Existential Cinema

It’s about how fleeting beauty is, and how vital love is. → Read More

The Holy Trinity of Thanksgiving Movies: ‘Planes Trains And Automobiles,’ ‘Addams Family Values’, and ‘Home For The Holidays’

These films are not only conventionally entertaining, but represent the opposition platform to our culturally-mandated feel-good Manifest Destiny self-mythology. → Read More

‘The Slumber Party Massacre’ Conundrum: Vile Trash or Smart Satire?

Spoiler alert: It’s … both?!? → Read More

Michael Mann’s ‘The Keep’ Is Made Up Of Fever Dreams, Supernatural Visions, and Religious Hysteria

The Keep reminds us a lot of David Fincher’s Alien3; popularly-derided early films by now-revered directors. → Read More

‘Infinity Train’ Is Landmark Entertainment Worth Seeking Out, Despite HBO Max’s Attempts To Snuff It Out

The series, created by Owen Dennis, is massively ambitious and a true gift. → Read More

Anne Heche’s Off-Screen Infamy Never Outshined Her On-Screen Magnetism

Our cultural legacy is littered with stories like Anne Heche’s. She was raped by her Baptist choir director father, who later died of HIV/AIDS when she was... → Read More

Olivia Newton-John Was The Embodiment Of An Endless Summer Day in the Best Summer of Our Lives

She was a reminder of possibilities, and the opposite of ironic. → Read More

Peter Weir Is Set To Receive An Honorary Oscar In 2023, A Long Overdue Honor For One Of Cinema’s Most Empathetic Filmmakers

Fearless, Witness, and Dead Poets Society are all standouts. → Read More

Guillermo Del Toro Tells Dark Tales, But Tales That Are Nonetheless Filled With Hope

Del Toro excels at telling fables populated by monsters. → Read More

Ray Liotta Was Scary As Hell, And Truly Something Wild

There’s something particularly and profoundly touching about broken people working to be the best versions of themselves. → Read More

‘Deep Water’ Is The Best Book-to-Screen Adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s Dark, Nihilistic Body of Work

Strangers On A Train remains the best film to be based on a Highsmith novel, though. → Read More

John Cusack Is The Embodiment of Gen X: Perpetually Out of Place, Perpetually Out Of Time

Cusack long ago established himself as the avatar for disaffected, lovelorn oddballs. → Read More

Geezer Rage: What Happens When The Last Generation Of Movie Stars Get Their AARP Cards?

Here are seven films about aging out of the game, seven portraits of melancholia that becomes acceptance. → Read More

‘A Clockwork Orange’ at 50: A Film That Maintains Its Shocking Power Because Of Its Nihilism

The message of the piece, as it was for so many films from the 1970s, is that there are no actual consequences for the bad guys. → Read More

‘Creepshow’ Season 3 Episode 5 Recap: “Time Out” + “The Things In Oakwood’s Past”

"Time Out" brilliantly reminds viewers that the only thing you really get from working yourself to death is to pass along the message to your children that it's what's required of them, too. → Read More

‘Halloween Kills’ Is The Slasher Equivalent Of ‘Indiana Jones And The Temple of Doom’

David Gordon Green's 'Halloween Kills' is grim to the point of nihilistic. It's ugly, sadistic, and mean. → Read More

‘Creepshow’ Season 3 Episode 3 Recap: “The Last Tsuburaya” + “Okay I’ll Bite”

We can't tell you how excited we are to see this series picking up steam again. → Read More

‘Creepshow’ Season 3 Episode 1 Recap: “Mums” + “Queen Bee”

The best episodes of Creepshow capture the camp quality of the film upon which it’s based. These two episodes, however, fail that test. → Read More

‘Donnie Darko’ at 20: Richard Kelly’s Cult Classic Remains A Devastating Portrait Of Despair In Our Mad World

"The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had." → Read More