Emilie Blichfeldt’s body horror debut critiques societal beauty standards, flipping the fairy tale point of view.

Some of the instruments at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, the historically and majority Black house of worship, are the voices of its choir. Their vocal talents, accompanied by a band, help usher in ...

The pilgrim who received the miracle was identified as Italian woman Antonietta Raco, who “suffered from primary lateral sclerosis” and who was “cured in 2009 during her pilgrimage to ...

Director Emilie Blichfeldt chats about the hideousness of beauty, and body horror of her disturbing Cinderella variant, The Ugly Stepsister.

By Alissa Wilkinson This deliciously nasty reworking of the Cinderella fairy tale imagines how far one of the stepsisters would go to marry her prince. By Jeannette Catsoulis A retelling of Ang ...

April has been shockingly quiet for Netflix among comedy movies. The only big addition of the month is One of Them Days, a comedy starring Keke Palmer and SZA that had moderate success at the box ...

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