Riley Keough Archives

Kiss of the Damned (2012)

Rating: ★★★

Jan 26, 2014Vampire Film

The vampire film feels creatively played out of recent. The story here is familiar but this is propelled into the watchable by the provocative and stylish direction of Xan Cassavetes (daughter of director/actor John Cassavetes)

Director: Xan Cassavetes

Actors: Josephine de la Baume, Milo Ventimiglia, Roxane Mesquida, Anna Mouglalis, …

Category: Horror

26 January 201413 June 2026 by Roog

Jack & Diane (2012)

Rating: ★★★

Jan 3, 2024Lesbian Romance/Possible Monster Movie

An LGBT romance featuring fantastic performances from Juno Temple and Riley Keough before they became better known names. This also acts as an ambiguous monster movie

Director: Bradley Rust Gray

Actors: Juno Temple, Riley Keough, Cara Seymour, Kylie Minogue, …

Category: Horror

3 January 202410 May 2026 by Roog

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Rating: ★★★★½

May 16, 2015Post-Holocaust Action

30 years in the making and the results are sensational. An action film so relentlessly foot-to-the-floor and full of kinetic wildness that it blows all its contemporaries away and sets the bar anew

Director: George Miller

Actors: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, …

Category: Science Fiction

16 May 20152 August 2026 by Roog

The Discovery (2017)

Rating: ★★

Oct 30, 2017Scientific Proof of the Afterlife

Robert Redford plays a scientist who finds proof of the existence of the afterlife only to then face a worldwide rash of suicides. From the director of the fascinatingly weird The One I Love

Director: Charlie McDowell

Actors: Jason Segel, Robert Redford, Rooney Mara, Jesse Plemons, …

Category: Science Fiction

30 October 201728 January 2026 by Roog

It Comes At Night (2017)

Rating: ★★½

Sep 10, 2017Plague Outbreak/Fallout Shelter Drama

Audiences were confused by a title and promotion that led them to expect a horror film. This isn't a horror film but a plague outbreak/fallout shelter drama – at which it is an okay offering but nothing standout

Director: Trey Edward Shults

Actors: Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo, Riley Keough, …

Category: Science Fiction

10 September 20175 May 2026 by Roog

The House That Jack Built (2018)

Rating: ★★★★

Feb 8, 2019Serial Killer

Lars von Trier, who I would argue is the best director at work in the world, makes a film about a serial killer. The results, as you might expect from von Trier, are outrageous, blackly funny and challengingly provocative

Director: Lars von Trier

Actors: Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, …

Category: Horror

8 February 20195 November 2025 by Roog

The Lodge (2019)

Rating: ★★★

May 9, 2020Cabin Fever/Possible Haunting

An entry from the revived Hammer Films directed by duo who made Goodnight Mommy. A slow burn of a film about cabin fever and fragmenting psychology often reminiscent of The Shining

Director: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz

Actors: Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Richard Armitage, …

Category: Horror

9 May 20205 July 2026 by Roog

Sasquatch Sunset (2024)

Rating: ★★★★

Jun 22, 2024The Life of a Bigfoot Family

A sublimely eccentric concept for a film that follows a family of Bigfeet in the wild over the course of a year. There are no humans in the film, not even any dialogue. One of my Top 10 of the year

Director: David Zellner, Nathan Zellner

Actors: Jesse Eisenberg, Riley Keough, Nathan Zellner, Christopher Zajac-Denek

Category: Fantasy

22 June 202428 February 2026 by Roog