“Whoso danceth not, knoweth not what cometh to pass.” I reveal secrets about both the Gothic folk horror film, Eye of the Devil, and the novel it’s based on in this essay. If you would like to continue to knoweth not, continueth no further for now. ~~~ Eye […]
This is probably not sufficient to convince you that Gabriele Mainetti’s The Forbidden City is one of my favourite movies of the year, but I’m just going to start with a non-exhaustive list of items used as weapons in the film’s spectacular, and spectacularly brutal, action sequences: If […]
In 1986, 21-year-old Richard Lowrey and his brother, Tor Reyel Lowry, undertook the arduous task of directing their first feature film, Hawk Jones. His vision included a city under siege by a crime syndicate, a hardened cop hot on their trail, a seedy atmosphere grounded in an urban […]
I like a clever mystery or procedural show but I often have to set aside the pieces that don’t align with my ethics and worldview in order to enjoy them. I mean, technically murder itself doesn’t align with my ethics so I’m always setting that aside, but every […]
Mother Of Flies is not only a film about the transformation of a curse into a gift. It is not only a film about a harrowing ritual of healing. Mother of Flies is itself a ritual, a rite of healing.
Madeline Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli’s ‘Honey Bunch’ reminds us of the lengths we’ll go to in order to save and preserve our loved ones.
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The Cultural Gutter 