A host of characters, movies, and songs created in the early 1930s will enter the public domain at midnight on Jan. 1, 2026.

As Stranger Things Season 5 prepares to close the door on Hawkins (and Upside Down) for the final time, Volume 2 arrives with more than just high-stakes battles and emotional goodbyes.

Anyone who has been to a YMCA in the early morning knows the harsh fluorescence of these environments. Accordingly, the film’s first two acts are brightly lit, appearing almost sterilized at times. In ...

During the silent era, thousands of movie-theatre organs raised their quirky, quavery voices, with the Mighty Wurlitzer being ...

Benjamin Wallfisch revisited the world Derry for the small screen after scoring the blockbuster two-part movie version of ...

A dark horror reinterpretation inspired by Lord of the Rings, turning Middle-earth into a tense and eerie world. This short film uses shadows, atmosphere, and cinematic tension to create a frightening ...

Disney movies are often associated with childhood innocence, though many are scarier than people realize, especially when there are small children in the audience. Some adults find the movies ...

In our offices there’s always a lot of talk about what discs and films the home cinema team is using for testing, or generally enjoying, at the time. Indeed, we have a monthly column about it: Now ...

The Yale Film Archive organized a Halloween-night 35-millimeter screening of “Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror” — a classic 1922 horror movie directed by F.W. Murnau — with live musical accompaniment ...

The iconic shower scene in Psycho was originally supposed to play out without music. Instead composer Bernard Herrmann created “The Murder”: as the killing transpires, violins shriek and scream along ...

Inspired by the Universal monster movies director Mario Bava adored as a youth, this Italian fright flick launched both his career and that of star Barbara Steele. Blending gothic atmosphere and ...