The Projection Booth has a special report on Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman’s the Fantastic Four (2015). “Mike talks with director Marty Langford, actor Carl Ciarfalio and journalist Chris Gore. Rod Lott and Rob St. Mary join Mike to discuss the film and how it fits […]
Kate Hagen is once again “celebrating horror films that explore the female experience throughout the month of October, creating 31 spooooky days of lady-centric viewing choices. And! since horror lends itself so well to double features, each title I write about will be paired with another horror movie […]
“In 1929, the Russians produced their first talkie, the snappily titled The Five Year Plan for Great Works. The possibility of synchronized sound inspired a trio of pioneers, composer Arseny Avraamov, animator Mikhail Tsihanovsky and engineer Evgeny Sholpo who were fascinated by the curved loops, arcs and waveforms […]
Friend of the Gutter Jessica Ritchey writes about 2016’s summer blockbusters: “And it matters more than it might seem that Hollywood has lost its nerve and touch in making blockbusters. Pop culture is how a society of diverse people talk to each to other—finding common idioms no matter […]
At The Telegraph, Tim Lusher writes about Saddam Goes to Hollywood (2016), a documentary about the making of Clash of Loyalties (1981): “[A]ccording to a documentary to be aired tonight, one film, made 35 years ago in the Arabian desert, had a real tyrant at the helm: Saddam […]
At Chronicle, Amanda Ann Klein and Kristen Warren encourage us all to read more work by pop culture scholars. “We didn’t write this to knock anyone’s hustle; to the contrary, this essay is a request for reciprocity. We just want mainstream journalists to be aware: The thoughts and […]
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