It has always been my long held contention that cinema–while being a medium of mass entertainment–can also be a powerful art form that can illuminate, inspire and ultimately change the world we live in. One artist that worked in the mediums of photography and film making that truly […]
The inimitable Tura Satana has died at 72. She was a famed burlesque performer and acted in Billy Wilder’s Irma La Douce, but she’s probably best known for her spine-breaking performance as Varla in Russ Meyer’s Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Cinebeats has an excellent retrospective of her life […]
The Vault of Horror has a behind the scenes look at the development of the script for World Wrestling Entertainments’ original film, See No Evil.
How did Carol Borden become a fan of DC superheroes? Did she uncover the truth that criminals were a cowardly and superstitious lot? Was she packed into an interstellar cradle and shot into space with the blind hope that she would be found and raised to value truth, […]
Today’s JJ Sonny Chiba’s birthday and so it might be a good time to see what our friends at Teleport City have been writing about him.
The Cultural Gutter book is now available! Enjoy the Gutter as a hardcopy (hooray for the codex!), on your e-reader or as an e-book online! And if you like it, please vote it up on Boing Boing’s Submitterator! Thanks, Drew, artist EJ Lee and everyone at Carnegie-Mellon University’s […]
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