Internet Film School: Donnie Darko
At The AV Club, Scott Kaufman discusses editing and its unsettling effects in Donnie Darko.
The Voice of Night Vale
The Daily Dot interviews Cecil Baldwin, the voice of the eerie podcast, Welcome To Night Vale.
Demanding Better Representation
At XOJane, Chaka Cumberbath demands better representation for Black girl nerds in geek culture: “We can be spunky. We can be vivacious. We can be complicated and beautiful and emotional and flawed and we might be all of those things or none of those things at all, but […]
The Shrieking Horror of Castle Lemongrab
“Sometimes I tried to imitate the pleasant songs of the birds but was unable. Sometimes I wished to express my sensations in my own mode, but the uncouth and inarticulate sounds which broke from me frightened me into silence again” (Frankenstein, 110). “He raised her and smiled with […]
Cutting Snowpiercer
Director Bong Joon-ho confirms that the Weinstein Company will be cutting his film Snowpiercer for release in the “English-speaking territories.” Updates from Yahoo News and Variety via @NewKoreanCinema
“Electric Lady (Kiss) Land: Blade Runner and R&B”
At Popshifter, Paul Casey looks at Blade Runner, Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Janelle Monáe’s The Electric Lady and The Weeknd’s Kiss Land. “Where The Electric Lady is uplifting and empowering, the story of a righteous dissident fighting for every wronged being in existence, […]
The Cultural Gutter 