Kalyn Corrigan

Los Angeles

Freelance Writer and Critic at Freelance

writer, photographer, fabricator. bylines: @bust_magazine. @laweekly. @fangoria. @villagevoice. @indiewire. @nymag. @vulture.

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Articles

‘Bring Her Back’ Directors Danny & Michael Philippou Prove Home Is Where the Horror Is

3 weeks ago | villagevoice.com | Kalyn Corrigan

Icy tundras and dense, dark woods can elicit fear in the heart of any movie-goer, but as the Australian twin brothers Danny and Michael Philippou have proven yet again with their latest masterpiece Bring Her Back, the scariest setting to unveil a truly frightening horror story is surprisingly stationed within the confines of a residential neighborhood. One that feels just like home.
‘Bring Her Back’ Directors Danny & Michael Philippou Prove Home Is Where the Horror Is

4 weeks ago | laweekly.com | Kalyn Corrigan

Icy tundras and dense, dark woods can elicit fear in the heart of any movie-goer, but as the Australian twin brothers Danny and Michael Philippou have proven yet again with their latest masterpiece Bring Her Back, the scariest setting to unveil a truly frightening horror story is surprisingly stationed within the confines of a residential neighborhood. One that feels just like home.
Seeing Double: Director Ryan Coogler on the Dual Nature of ‘Sinners’

2 months ago | laweekly.com | Kalyn Corrigan

No serious fan of the MCU’s Black Panther movies or the later Creed additions to the Rocky franchise will be surprised to learn that the renowned filmmaker Ryan Coogler teaming up with his favorite leading man Michael B. Jordan has once again resulted in massive success.
Interview: Director David Cronenberg on Melancholy and ‘The Shrouds’

2 months ago | villagevoice.com | Kalyn Corrigan

Death is impossible. It’s a door that you keep waiting to swing open, announcing the entrance of a dinner date who never arrives, or the recurring dream of a person whose prolonged absence makes their face appear fuzzy. For director David Cronenberg, death is a muse, and his grief is the driving force behind his latest masterpiece. The Shrouds is a movie that seeks solace through modern technology, and hopes to provide an answer to the timeless question: Can art serve as an act of catharsis?
Interview: Director David Cronenberg on Melancholy and ‘The Shrouds’

2 months ago | laweekly.com | Kalyn Corrigan

Death is impossible. It’s a door that you keep waiting to swing open, announcing the entrance of a dinner date who never arrives, or the recurring dream of a person whose prolonged absence makes their face appear fuzzy. For director David Cronenberg, death is a muse, and his grief is the driving force behind his latest masterpiece. The Shrouds is a movie that seeks solace through modern technology, and hopes to provide an answer to the timeless question: can art serve as an act of catharsis?
Interview: Tom Basden and Tim Key on Playing ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’ with Carey Mulligan

2 months ago | villagevoice.com | Kalyn Corrigan |R.C. Baker

Don’t try to outrun your pain: It will come back to haunt you, and it will most likely happen while you’re wearing a shirt adorned with your own face. That’s the moral of The Ballad of Wallis Island, a charming British dramedy in the same vein as Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Juno, and John Carney films like Sing Street and Once. Based on co-writers Tom Basden and Tim Key’s own 2007 short, “The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island,” the feature-length version sticks to a modest scale.
Interview: Tom Basden and Tim Key on Playing ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’

2 months ago | laweekly.com | Kalyn Corrigan

Don’t try to outrun your pain: It will come back to haunt you, and it will most likely happen while you’re wearing a shirt adorned with your own face. That’s the moral of The Ballad of Wallis Island, a charming British dramedy in the same vein as Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Juno and John Carney films like Sing Street and Once. Based on co-writers Tom Basden and Tim Key’s own 2007 short, “The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island,” the feature length version sticks to a modest scale.
André Holland lights up ‘The Actor’ in the role he was born to play

2 months ago | marinatimes.com | Kalyn Corrigan

André Holland knew he had to land the role of Paul Cole, the mysterious, debonair, multifaceted man without a past at the heart of The Actor, the film based on Donald E. Westlake’s hard-boiled pulp fiction novel “Memory.” Paul, stricken with amnesia, wakes up in a small 1950s town with a serious head injury and no recollection of who he is or how he got there.
André Holland Lights Up ‘The Actor’ in the Role He Was Born to Play

Mar 17, 2025 | villagevoice.com | Kalyn Corrigan |R.C. Baker |T.J. English |Gideon Leek

André Holland knew he had to land the role of Paul Cole, the mysterious, debonair, multifaceted man without a past at the heart of The Actor, the film based on Donald E. Westlake’s hard-boiled pulp fiction novel “Memory.” Paul, stricken with amnesia, wakes up in a small 1950s town with a serious head injury and no recollection of who he is or how he got there.
Matthew Rankin’s ‘Universal Language’ implores us to love thy neighbor

Mar 3, 2025 | marinatimes.com | Kalyn Corrigan

It’s a chilly Tuesday morning, and director Matthew Rankin hasn’t slept in over twenty-four hours. “I feel like I’m going totally insane,” he admits as we sit down to discuss his new film, Universal Language. The filmmaker has been bouncing around from country to country for months, as the movie has garnered worldwide acclaim.