This year my search for seasonal spooky film fare took me to the opposite side of the globe with a few fantastic recent movies out of New Zealand, Mārama and The Rule of Jenny Pen. They led me down a rabbit hole of horror from down under, so […]
A beautiful letter an Island representative has written to their neglected villagers in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. “””i know you aren’t actually sitting inside my switch waiting for me. i know you’re just pixels and code. but that doesn’t make what you meant to me imaginary. for a […]
At Mubi, Willow Catelyn Maclay discusses Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma (2026) and the history of Trans women and Trans killers on film in a video essay, “Loving the Monster.” Watch here.
Hikaru Shida asks her colleague Takeshita, SEGA folk, and a variety of cosplaying fans to name their favorite thing about the first Yakuza game,Yakuza Kiwami. And then she asks Kenny Omega about Yakuza Kiwami 1 and 2 as well. Watch here and here.
The BBC has uploaded a collection of Nigel Kneale’s radio works and adaptations of them at The Internet Archive. It includes: “The Pond”; “The Road”; “The Quatermass Memoirs”; and, “The Stone Tape” (adapted by Peter Strickland and Matthew Graham). There’s also a discussion of Kneale and his work. […]
Dylan Cheung talks about actor Maggie Cheung, discussing her career in parallel with the history of the Hong Kong film industry. “Writer-translator Dylan Cheung joins us to discuss the life and career of Maggie Cheung as part of our cinema program ‘In the Mood for Maggie Cheung’, exploring […]