We lost a titan this year. Michael Roberson pays tribute by looking back at one of the greatest triumphs from Godard's French New Wave period
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Split Picks: The ‘Black Christmas’ Remakes (2006 and 2019)
The tale of Billy and 'Black Christmas' has been retold in various ways, but do either of these adaptations stand up to the original classic?
Full StorySplit Picks: ‘Black Christmas’ (Bob Clark, 1974)
Split Picks gets into the yuletide spirit with an episode devoted to Bob Clark's holiday horror classic 'Black Christmas.'
Full StoryXmas Caesarian: Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury’s ‘Inside’ (2007)
A brutal sendup of the Christmastime fixation on makeshift family units, Inside is a deeply twisted tale of holiday redemption and revenge.
Full StoryThe Blood Red Robes of St. Nick: ‘Deadly Games: Dial Code Santa Claus’ (1989)
Before Home Alone, René Manzor created a darker Christmas home invasion film where a child's wish to see Santa turns deadly.
Full StoryLeaving This Town For A New One: The Bizarre Beauty of The Beach Boys’ ‘Holland’
On Holland The Beach Boys took their California sound across the Atlantic and embraced their status as sonic outsiders
Full StoryAlways About to Go to Sea: ‘The Act of Reading’ (2021)
Mark Blumberg failed 11th grade English when he didn't read 'Moby-Dick.' His film weaves together his journey with Melville's book as an adult and the interpersonal conflicts that shape his life.
Full StoryEmma Swift: The Split Tooth Interview
Swift discusses reimagining the songs of Bob Dylan, running a record label, and being an artist in the age of social media.
Full StoryOur Favorite Horror Films
After years of writing about horror films, our staff (and a few friends of the site) reveal their top-10 favorite horror films of all time.
Full StoryCinesthesia: “Man… or Monster Man?” The 2022 Halloween Special
Jim and Jason slept for nine months so they could stay up getting born again in a baptism of blood... a Bay of Blood. The boys got Bava'd!
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