Leigh Monson
Leigh Monson has been a professional film critic and writer for six years, with bylines at Birth.Movies.Death., SlashFilm and Polygon. Attorney by day, cinephile by night and delicious snack by mid-afternoon, Leigh loves queer cinema and deconstructing genre tropes. If you like insights into recent films and love stupid puns, you can follow them on Twitter.
Latest articles by Leigh Monson

‘Sylvie’s Love’ Review: Love blooms in an old-fashioned romance
By Leigh Monson published
The fact that 'Sylvie's Love' sets the heart racing should be recommendation enough.

Let’s speculate wildly about the Hulu ‘Alien’ series
By Leigh Monson published
Is this the awaited sequel to 'Alien: Covenant'?

‘Wander Darkly’ Review: Romancing the dearly departed
By Leigh Monson published
'Wander Darkly' may have attempted to reinvent the wheel, but it didn’t have to succeed to roll along just fine.

‘Happiest Season’ Review: Yeah, you're gonna cry
By Leigh Monson last updated
A great cast delivers the feel-good holiday movie of the year.

DC FanDome: 'Wonder Woman 1984' panel highlights
By Leigh Monson last updated
FanDome starts off strong with a great trailer for 'WW84'.

Shudder movies that most people aren’t talking about
By Leigh Monson published
You know the big franchise players of horror. We'll tell you what makes up Shudder's secret sauce.

It's time we all stop pretending films that head directly to video-on-demand are the lesser to theatrical releases
By Leigh Monson published
We owe it to ourselves to discuss more films than those which have been marketed to the hardest.

‘The Last Vermeer’ Review: Scratch the surface and you’ll find something compelling
By Leigh Monson published
Post-WWII melodrama is elevated by Guy Pearce doing his own spin on… Jack Sparrow?

‘The Climb’ Review: Caught in a bad bromance
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'The Climb' is driven by compelling leads who are richly developed and comically engaging.

‘Let Him Go’ Review: Family and what we think we can possess
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'Let Him Go' is such a compellingly performed and written story that it’s difficult not to be enthralled.

‘Mortal’ Review: Full of human fallibility
By Leigh Monson published
There’s so much about it that feels commonplace and ordinary about 'Mortal' that it fails to live up to its extraordinary director.

The gender euphoria of ‘Being John Malkovich’
By Leigh Monson last updated
'Being John Malkovich' was simply a first step in becoming the true Lotte Schwartz.

‘Away’ Review: The journey and those left behind
By Leigh Monson last updated
Despite being a solid season of TV, Away’s core suffers from a crisis of identity.

‘The Owners’ Review: The evil that lies behind innocent smiles
By Leigh Monson last updated
'The Owners' isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel on home invasion thrillers, but there are hidden depths to its simple set-up.

‘Earth to Ned’ Review: Alien puppets host late night shenanigans
By Leigh Monson last updated
'Earth to Ned' is way more fun than it has any right to be.

‘Summerland’ Review: A chill road trip without a destination
By Leigh Monson last updated
'Summerland' is an inoffensive and nominally fun way to spend an hour and change.

‘The Wall of Mexico’ Review: A barrier to its own best intentions
By Leigh Monson published
There's a decent movie buried beneath this wall of pretention.

DC FanDome: 'The Suicide Squad' panel highlights
By Leigh Monson published
The Suicide Squad certainly gave us a ton of information that we didn't have before. We all speculated who was playing what DC villain in the film, but now we have the definitive cast list!

‘Chemical Hearts’ Review: Love in need of a reaction
By Leigh Monson published
This romantic hook is sufficiently sharp, even if Lili Reinhart needs to carry 'Chemical Hearts' on her back to sharpen it.

‘The Pale Door’ Review: Western witches left wanting
By Leigh Monson published
A lack of inventiveness in its execution that leaves 'The Pale Door' wanting.

‘The Silencing’ Review: A mystery best left unsolved
By Leigh Monson published
This mystery thriller manages to be thrilling until its mystery causes the tension to collapse.
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