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Pixie Lane is The Gold Standard's reviews correspondent. Lane writes about films and the living-room screen, making the case for pictures worth a second look.
The Thing opened 25 June 1982. Universal. 109 minutes. Bill Lancaster from Campbell’s 1938 novella. Rob Bottin’s creature work. Dean Cundey’s ice light. The picture holds.
Pixie Lane · 31 Aug 2026
Apple TV put the first of ten new episodes on 28 August. Blake Crouch’s novel is ten this year. The machine is still a room.
Pixie Lane · 30 Aug 2026
Journey Bound Games shipped a zombie-hockey co-op on 19 August for $16.99. Tempete Studio in Poitiers had already shipped Lost in Tandem, a hand-painted two-player adventure, on 22 July for $14.99.
Pixie Lane · 30 Aug 2026
Fritz Lang’s 1927 film opened a city of organ-pipe towers and a machine that is also a cathedral. Watch it in 2026 and the shock is not nitrate. The shock is how much downtown is still trying to become that set.
Pixie Lane · 29 Aug 2026
Ridley Scott’s Alien opened on 25 May 1979. The crew eat, sweat, and have a shift tomorrow. The ship is a factory that learned to fly. Giger’s creature needed that workplace to be believed.
Pixie Lane · 28 Aug 2026
Blade Runner 2049 opened on 6 October 2017. Denis Villeneuve directed. Roger Deakins shot it. Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas. The sequel does not replace 1982. It adds a wing.
Pixie Lane · 27 Aug 2026
Denis Villeneuve’s second Arrakis film, from Frank Herbert, opened in the U.S. on 1 March 2024. Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Austin Butler, Stellan Skarsgård. Legendary and Warner Bros. The desert is a textile. The worm is infrastructure.
Pixie Lane · 26 Aug 2026