“If you survive, you are this rare thing.”
At Film Freak Central, Walter Chaw writes a beautiful piece about Annihilation (2018), depression and suicide. (And Tarkovsky’s Stalker and Virginia Woolf’s The Waves and To The Lighthouse).
“The Radical Empathy of Deanna Troi”
At StarTrek.com, friend of the Gutter Sara Century considers “The Radical Empathy of Deanna Troi.” “We live in a society that views compassion as a weakness, particularly feminine compassion. The message that to care is to give up your strength is instilled through media, culture, even in the […]
“A Trip to Mars”
Movies Silently looks at the 1910 science fiction / comedy, A Trip To Mars. “This sci-fi comedy from the Edison film company follows a chemist who has invented reverse gravity and ends up on Mars. Don’t you just hate it when that happens.”
TIFF Midnight Madness 2019!
Here’s the line-up for this year’s Toronto International Film Festival Midnight Madness program: Blood Quantum; Color Out of Space; Crazy World; First Love/ Hatsukoi; Gundala; The Platform / El Hoyo; Saint Maud; The Twentieth Century; The Vast of Night; and, The Vigil. See these films and brag about […]
Kaiju Name Generators!
Have a fun time with two kaiju name generators. One is here and the other is here. (Via @NeonHarbor)
171 issues of Doctor Who Magazine
The Internet Archive has 171 issues of Doctor Who Magazine, covering 1981 through 1991. Interviews! Comics with art by Dave Gibbons! Occasionally cantankerous fan letters! “The Gallifrey Guardian!” “FREE GIANT POSTER!”
