Who Really Directed Poltergeist? Ticklish Business Unpacks the Horror Classic

Are you Team Hooper or Spielberg?

The Film Maven Got Nominated for Awards (and So Did I)

Including Best Blog Not Tied to an Organization and Best Non-Fiction Book

Popcorn Disabilities: Freaks Remains Essential Disabled Cinema

The movie that once held the record for the most disabled actors

Peyton Elizabeth Lee and Jacob Tremblay on Why Wildwood Is a Stop-Motion Marvel [Video]

The pair discussed growing up on-screen and how AI could never do what Laika does.

Wicker Review: The Year's (Actual) Best Movie About Wishing For a Partner

Alexander Skarsgard and Olivia Colman are a new screen team we need more of.

Wildwood Review: Laika's Most Beautiful (and Heartbreaking) Story

Director Travis Knight and screenwriter Chris Butler reread for another epic fantasy

Renate Reinsve Was Asked Not to Know the Truth in Fjord [Video]

The actress also talked about finding power in what was considered the smaller role

Lisa Bonet, Bill Cosby, and What Happens When Good Girls Grow Up

The transition from girl to woman isn't even, especially when you're America's Hollywood teen dream

The Old Dark House: Boris Karloff, Queer Chaos, and the Haunted House Movie That Defies Explanation

James Whale's 1932 underrated gem gets the Ticklish Biz Halloween treatment.

Verity, Leave Her to Heaven, and What Makes a "Bad Woman"

And right after the Lindsay Clancy trial, too.

“This Is Not My Point of View”: Why Fjord Director Cristian Mungiu Refuses to Tell Audiences Who’s Right and Who’s Wrong

We also discuss critiques and when progressivism turns into extremism.

How Liz Sargent Put a Disabled Actor at the Center of Her Film and Got Out of Her Way [Exclusive]

"We didn't baby her," Sargent says about her lead (and sister) in TAKE ME HOME.

Should We Start Panicking About Hollywood History Now?

Paramount and WB have finally merged. Collect your classic content while you can.

Movie Reviews

The Social Reckoning Review: Aaron Sorkin's Facebook Sequel Tries to Make Us Care About What Hasn't Changed

Mikey Madison and Jeremy Allen White try to infuse life into Sorkin's political monologuing.

Best Of Lists

8 Best Things I Watched and Read in September

September had some of the best movies I've seen all year!

Podcast

Jane Fonda, Letty Lynton, and the 2026 TCM Classic Film Festival

I'm keeping the film festival audio rolling in this week's Ticklish Biz.

Interview

How Director Josef Kubota Wladyka's Mom’s Love of Ballroom Dancing Inspired His Latest Film

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Movie Reviews

Verity Review: Anne Hathaway Captivates in a Thriller That's Never As Saucy As It Should Be

Nick Antosca's script certainly understands its own limitations

Movie Reviews

Digger Review: A Ham-Fisted Satire That Plays It Safe

Tom Cruise tries to stretch himself in Alejandro G. Iñárritu's muddled message movie

Journalism Is F*cked...

Jenelle Riley on Leaving Traditional Entertainment Journalism for Podcasting, And Why Others Are Following Suit

How two major journalists taking to the mic could very well be an eye into the future

Interview

After 10 Years Filming the Oldest People on Earth, Documentarian Sam Green Learned to Embrace Life’s “Great Mysteries”

Director Sam Green discusses life, the universe, and what he learned from the oldest people

Interview

“People Want to See People Kiss”: The Love Hypothesis Team on Bringing the Grown-Up Rom-Com Back [Video]

Plus, how the film's cast and crew looked to Old Hollywood for inspiration.

The Trade

Deconstructing the Tom Cruise Press Tour

Gotta love when a superstar tries to come down to Earth.

Interview

“I’d Never Seen a Seal Man”: Louis Paxton Discusses Creating His Unsettling New Horror-Comedy Monster [Video]

The director discusses blending folklore with horror.