Pamela Anderson Peels Away the Vegas Glitz

The Last Showgirl

Gia Coppola’s The Final Showgirl is a dreamy, melancholy portrait of a veteran Las Vegas dancer reeling from the information that her profession has hit its expiration date. The film is as gossamer-thin because the wings that the title character, Shelly — performed by Pamela Anderson with an undiluted sense of heartbreak — retains tearing … Read more

Maika Monroe and Nicolas Cage in Horror Kill-Spree

Longlegs, Maika Monroe, 2024.

The unease lurking in a quiet Pacific Northwest city affected by a collection of murders is a distant second to the fears churning contained in the protagonist’s head in Longlegs. Author-director Osgood Perkins’ serial killer chiller absolutely acknowledges a debt to The Silence of the Lambs in its chronicle of a younger feminine rookie agent … Read more