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Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at 12:27PM Look it's Madonna as Harley Quinn.
Halloween is past (*sniffle*) but now we get to relive it vicariously since celebrities have been posting the pics from their spooky holiday night out on Instagram. Lupita Nyong'o, Naomi Watts, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Elliot Page, and more after the jump...
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at 10:00AM by Nathaniel R
Time to check in again with the International Oscar submissions as eight more countries join the fray which include teen girl dramas from North Macedonia and Egypt and a Thai horror film that's currently streaming on Shudder...
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at 5:18AM 
Hey all! In the October wrap-up, Pedro requested a return of the old Q&A column wherein I, well, Answer your Questions. So why not? Let's do it! Since we had to implement a membership step to commenting there is less engagement but would be happy to feel "connected" again to you all of you [Norma Desmond voice] "wonderful people out there in the dark".
Put your questions in the comments or e-mail them my way and I'll whip up some answers in the next couple of days.
Ask Nathaniel, getting to know you Monday, November 1, 2021 at 11:21PM 
Last Night in Soho, now in theaters, marks Diana Rigg's last movie appearance. That British Giallo pastiche cum Swinging Sixties nostalgia-kick was the great actress's final project before she died last year, at 82. Rigg left behind an incredible career that spanned over six decades and several mediums. In honor of the erstwhile Bond girl, our immortal Queen of Thorns, and unforgettable Emma Peel, this week's Almost There write-up is dedicated to her.
Despite an Emmy victory and two BAFTAs for her TV work, Rigg never got an Oscar nomination. The closest she ever came was in 1971, on the occasion of her Hollywood debut in Arthur Hiller's Oscar-winning The Hospital…
Monday, November 1, 2021 at 4:00PM 
Halloween may be (technically over) but the spooky season continues (if you'd like) via various streaming services. The Criterion Channel programmed a selection of titles from Universals' Horror canon from the 1930s through the 1950s. Universalhelped typify the American horror genre while also creating screen monsters whose iconography prevails. Six creatures stand above the others – Frankenstein's monster, Dracula, the mummy, the invisible man, the wolfman, and the gill man. That sextet is represented in this Criterion Channel collection, so it's an excellent opportunity to delve into those horrific franchises. Consequently, I spent the better part of October watching all the movies in each of those classic monster's series, seeing every feature they starred in from 1931 to 1956. In the end, since everyone loves lists, I decided to rank the creatures…
