Baloji, the Belgian-Congolese rapper, explores a familiar set of themes with an artful and impressionistic touch in his directorial debut Omen (Augure). Premiering in the Un Certain Regard section of ...

Richard Donner’s “The Omen” began when Robert Thorn, played by Gregory Peck, replaced his wife’s dead baby with the literal son of the devil. But did you ever wonder how that baby was born in the ...

Editor’s Note: This review originally published during the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. Utopia will release “Omen” in theaters Friday, April 12. One of the innumerable tragedies that have resulted from ...

Selected as Belgium's official Oscar submission, this distinctive vision from rapper-turned-filmmaker Baloji fills the ellipses in its narrative with abundant sensory rewards. We first encounter Koffi ...

The demonic child in 1976’s “The Omen” was not the actual son of an American diplomat and his spouse, played by Gregory Peck and Lee Remick. After suffering the loss of his newborn, the father, ...

Director Akasha Stevenson concocts a twisted-nun backstory to 'The Omen' that's less scary than the 1976 horror classic suggested, but infinitely more profane. “Why wouldst thou be a breeder of ...

I hate to call “The First Omen” unexpectedly well-crafted and a little bit surprising, even. But for an essentially unnecessary prequel to “The Omen,” the 1976 hit about one satanically minded child, ...

Baloji, the Belgian-Congolese rapper, helms this narrative feature about four people navigating accusations of witchcraft and sorcery. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic Baloji, the ...