I’ve always been a huge fan of the blues. Whether it’s Mississippi Delta blues from guys like Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, and BB King; psychedelified from guys like Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and The Doors; jammed from bands like The Allman Brothers and Derek and the Dominos; or Chicago style from Buddy Guy himself; listening to the blues always feels like it’s speaking directly to my soul. It was super exciting to see a movie explore the connection between music…

I fear Ari Aster’s shotgun approach to this film doesn’t work for me. The ending definitely had me recalling The Witch by Robert Eggers, which I’m also not very fond of but for different reasons. As far as movies pertaining to the occult go, I can get on board, as long as we have some semblance that a characters fate wasn’t already predetermined. There may be no rules when it comes to the paranormal, but the amount of happenstance required to…