So Many Weird Tales!
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Alexandra West on the New French Extremity
Alexandra West is interviewed by Andrew Nayman about her new book, Films of the New French Extremity: Visceral Horror and National Identity. West puts films like Martyrs, Inside / L’Interieur , Frontier(s), Trouble Every Day and Twentynine Palms in the context of French history, politics and the history […]
Vanguard 2016 Line Up
Here’s the line-up for the 2016 Vanguard program at the Toronto International Film Festival: Message from the King; Nelly; Colossal; Interchange; I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House; Godspeed; My Entire High School Sinking Into The Sea; Buster’s Mal Heart; Without Name; Prevenge; The Bad […]
Stranger Things, Barb and Nostalgia
At Vox, Genevieve Valentine writes about how “Stranger Things‘ treatment of Barb reveals the show’s greatest flaw: Its limited view of women” in the story so far: “Nostalgia is a powerful story engine, and Stranger Things is in a sweet spot, since those who grew up with the […]
“Every Line of Dialogue in The Lost Boys is ‘Michael'”
“Seriously, go back and watch The Lost Boys. The only word in that whole movie was ‘Michael.’ All 114 of them.“
Nagin & the Wondrous Variations of the Snake-Movie Form
Readers of this website will hardly need a special occasion to watch a snake film, but since the Hindu festival celebrating snakes, Naag Panchami, generally falls around this time of year, I couldn’t resist. Snake movies are made by many different Indian film industries, and they tend to […]
The Cultural Gutter 