Well, then, Pearl’s your girl ... at being stuck in the middle of an American nowhere (actually, the movie was filmed in New Zealand), with dashed hopes of ever getting out and experiencing ...

“steals” a movie role from Pearl, crushing her stardom dreams. Although she is unhinged and commits unjustifiable acts of violence (not to mention her partaking in corpse companionship), Pearl ...

Why not start spooky season early by streaming Pearl on Netflix this weekend? The second movie in Ti West’s horror trilogy is now streaming on Netflix, and it’s certain to liven up your Friday ...

Pearl’s desperation to escape her abusive mother and unresponsive father provokes sympathy from the audience. Goth carries much of the movie on her shoulders, as she not only plays the protagonist but ...

What follows is a series of unfortunate events that leads to Pearl ultimately becoming uncoupled from reality and taking her first steps into the wide world of being a slasher movie villain.

As a result, the film’s script, which West and Goth co-wrote together, doesn’t take on the same slasher movie structure as X. Instead, Pearl frequently feels like a kind of twisted coming-of ...

If the movie “X” could be described as “Boogie Nights” meets “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” then its prequel “Pearl” feels like watching Dorothy from “The Wizard of Oz” develop ...

“Tyler Bates fashioned a sweeping, shrieking, strings-based score that lets the viewer know from the opening credits that Pearl will not ... old-school score for this movie.’” ...

Pearl is best viewed as its main character's movie-obsessed vision, everyone else in it mere supporting players to the swirl in her head. Meanwhile, a pig carcass gathers maggots on the front ...