Things in 2024!
Hey, it’s some things Carol Borden did in 2024! See them here.
From the Archives: Campus Conjuring
This week Guest Star Kate Laity writes about Fritz Leiber’s Conjure Wife (1943) and two lesser known adaptations. ~~~ I’m currently writing about Fritz Leiber’s Conjure Wife and the 1962 film based on it, Night of the Eagle, AKA, Burn, Witch, Burn! (1962). It’s a pity there are […]
Yukio Ninagawa’s Medea
Enjoy this salvaged 1984 performance of Yukio Ninagawa’s Medea! The peformances, costumes and design are incredible. “This is an RF-rip of Yukio Ninagawa’s 1984 performance of Medea, aka, 王女メディア. Released by Toho video only on VHS….This performance itself was referenced in an episode of Chris Marker’s The Owl’s […]
10 Things I Liked in 2024
This year, I have actually received “for your consideration” emails from publicists. They are emails asking you to add a particular film to your year end lists, or if you are fancy enough, to vote for the films in various awards. All these emails were promoting Hundreds of […]
“The Infinite Supply of BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas”
At Precast Reinforced Concrete Heart, Ray Newman has suggestions for when you’ve run out of official BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas eeriness. “The short films and television episodes listed below aren’t all ghost stories. And they weren’t all produced by the BBC. Some are lighter, some are darker. […]
Filmi Ladies: Comfort Watch
At Filmi Ladies, Pitu Sultan and Beth Watkins share two of their comfort films! “What do you watch when you need a hug from the screen? For us, it’s American comedies When Harry Met Sally (1989) and Legally Blonde (2001). What, like it’s hard?” Listen here.
The Cultural Gutter 