“‘Yuletide Terror: Christmas Horror On Film And Television’ provides insights not only on genre cinema, but on origins and aspects of the holiday season itself.”
“By constantly re-emphasizing Jacalyn’s inability to confront the undeniable horror of the unfolding scenario, Rocksteady achieves a powerfully oneiric tone throughout.”
“On the levels of craft and form, this is undoubtedly the work of a skilled writer.”
“Above all, it’s about style. LaValley plays fast and loose with grammar and punctuation, paying mind to cadence and tone.”
“‘Total Chaos’ is that rare thing: a good idea whose final product far eclipses its original premise.”
A Column on Film Criticism by Justine A. Smith
The Fifth Installment of Jaime Grijalba’s Series on Patrick Modiano
“In every novel (and in the movie), there’s a moment in which the deep feeling of love wakes up the protagonist from the slumber of servile conditioning. They have turned into little monsters, but in the end they will find their freedom, even if it kills them or makes them insane.”
Part 3 of Jaime Grijalba’s Series on Patrick Modiano
“Out of the author’s first three novels, this might be the one that stays far from the themes of Lacombe, Lucien, and surely is the one that feels more juvenile, as La Place de l’étoile was published when Modiano was 23 years old.”