At Atlas Obscura, Nathaniel Scharping writes about San Antonio’s Donkey Lady and the multitudes of female ghosts haunting America. Includes cool interviews with scholars! “This quirkily-named phantom has for decades been said to haunt the San Antonio bridge. Visitors report the sound of hoofbeats and distant screams and […]
At the Criterion blog, Farran Nehme Smith writes about noir, defining noir, and curating Criterion’s “Noir by Gaslight” series. “Recently on the Criterion Channel, I’ve been given the chance to program a collection of films that challenge and complicate the idea of what classic noir is. All are period […]
Halaloween is back with 4 new films this month! You can stream Joko Anwar’s Satan’s Slaves 2: Communion (Indonesia, 2022) and Alper Mestçi’s Siccīn 3: Love (Turkey, 2016) at home and then attend live screenings of Tarik Saleh’s The Cairo Conspiracy (Egypt, 2022) and Amanda Nell Eu’s Tiger […]
At Little White Lies, Raine Petrie has some thoughts on the re-release of the Talking Heads’ concert movie, Stop Making Sense (1984). “Forty years have now passed, and not only has A24 restored and re-released Stop Making Sense to commemorate the concert film’s anniversary, but the man behind […]
Pull on your good lounging pants, hang that lanyard around your neck, and get yourself a latte, because I was lucky enough to go to this year’s Fantastic Fest with my (remote) press credentials and I am taking you with me. Well, I am taking you with me […]
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden watched Enter The Clones Of Bruce and has some thoughts! “The heart of the documentary is in its interviews with some of the men who portrayed or imitated Bruce Lee: Ho Chung-Tao / Bruce Li; Moon Kyoung-seok / Dragon Lee; Huang Kin-Lung / […]