As is the case for any self-respecting horror fan, the subject of Kyle Edward Ball’s divisive but impossible-to-ignore minimalist sensation, Skinamarink, has been lighting up my group chats. “Did you like it?” “Will I like it?” “What is it?” Friends, I’ll tell you what I tell everyone when […]
Our friends at The Projection Booth watch Top Secret (1984): “Released in 1984, Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker’s Top Secret is a send up of both Elvis movies and WWII espionage films. It’s a very odd duck which stars Val Kilmer as Nick Rivers, a teen idol who has […]
NPR interviews The Onion‘s head writer, Mike Gillis, on writing an amicus curiae brief for the US Supreme Court that outlines the importance of parody. “He wrote most of the arguments and jokes, then The Onion‘s lawyers bulked it up with legal precedent and historical context in what […]
I attended the 2022 Fantasia International Film Festival remotely, but with a press card in my cap and a matcha latte in my hand. I was disappointed I did not get a chance to see the movie I was most looking forward to, Wai Ka-Fai’s new film starring […]
Summer is nearly upon us here in the Northern Hemisphere and it is, to say the least, an uncertain time. I don’t know what your plans are. Maybe a camping trip. Maybe the beach. Maybe you feel safe traveling for vacation. Maybe you’re just going to the park […]
Eleanor Morton shares the experience of fifth sister in a Jane Austen novel. Watch here.
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