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Lynn Rigney Schott reads a poem by Elinor Nauen

Lynn Rigney Schott reads an original poem

Lynn Rigney Schott reads an original poem

Tami Haaland reads a poem by Jim Peterson

Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss the qualities of “Chinatown" fifty years after its theatrical release, and add to that a general discussion about those responsible for it.

“Longlegs” features Nicolas Cage once again playing a character who is less scary than merely strange, Dan Webster says in his review.

On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of movies that are designed to re-create the childhood feeling of walking alone, at night, down a dark hallway. The first is “MaXXXine,” the third installment in writer-director Ti West’s so-called “X” series. The other is “Longlegs,” a film by Oz Perkins that stars Nicolas Cage as a kind of demonic serial killer.

The horror franchise that began with "X" and "Pearl" is now a trilogy. Director Ti West and star Mia Goth return to that sleazy world with "MaXXXine" but Nathan Weinbender says it’s too unfocused and overburdened with film references to stack up to its predecessors.

With its buzzy marketing, “Longlegs” has been an unexpected horror hit. Nathan Weinbender says that it’s a stylishly made and ultimately promising nightmare that loses steam as it goes along and has to explain its plot.