Grady Hendrix muses on the alternate cuts of films for different festivals, different countries and different regions. “A million different earths, and on every one of them, an alternate cut of Days of Being Wild.”
Perhaps it’s the inevitable problem of sequels, after a movie like Raiders of the Lost Ark that’s structured very tightly: “Therefore, he can’t begin his journey with the motivation of “keeping the Ark’s power out of the hands of the Nazis”, because he simple doesn’t believe there’s any […]
Elizabeth Hand remembers Thomas Disch: “An openly gay man for most of his working life, Disch wrote mysteries, historical novels and neo-gothic satires; children’s books, including ‘The Brave Little Toaster’ and its sequel; at least five collections of short fiction; 15 volumes of poetry, always as Tom Disch; […]
We have saying in our bookstore: Frontlist may bring customers through the door, but it’s the backlist that brings them back. Book lovers are completists. Bookstores that can fill the gaps in their ever-increasing collections quickly become favourite stops. There’s nothing quite like the satisfaction of putting it […]
“I do believe that games can be a form of artistic expression, a co-collaboration between player and designer. We have yet to prove we can do meaningful things with this form of expression, but I believe we are at the cusp of a Cambrian explosion of possibilities.” Read […]
Tony Jaa’s been bit by the mixed martial arts bug and Twitch has the proof. Plus a fight on elephants. (via Kung Fu Fridays).
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The Cultural Gutter 