Year of the Month: Three Ways of Looking at THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE
As a Set of Dichotomies, a Way to Break Expectations, and a Personal Audience Identification…
Not Quite Normal: Persia on The Cracked Brilliance of YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Was there, will there ever be, a man better at going from quiet neurosis to…
Lunch Links: Nightmare Fueled Music Videos
Rubber Johnny (2005) dir. Chris Cunningham The work of Chris Cunningham in general and “Rubber…
Word of Mouth
You know, I’d say one of the reasons writers hate the “I have an idea…
Year of the Month: Jake Gittes on THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT
Before his career became defined by the twin pillars of The Deer Hunter and Heaven’s…
Film on the Internet: CHOPPING MALL
It’s almost Halloween, and there’s never been a better time to celebrate the so-bad-it’s-fun inanity…
Year of the Month: Sunil Patel on THE CONVERSATION
For me, art is communication, and all art is inherently in conversation with everything that…
New on DVD and Blu-Ray
The big-ticket item this weekend is undoubtedly Criterion’s mammoth Godzilla box set, but what’s bigger…
The Lighthouse Is Like If Phantom Thread and Fritz Lang Had A Twisted Horror Movie Baby
You know how a recurring job interview question is “Where do you see yourself in…
Year of the Month 1974: Blazing Saddles
Political Correctness Is Ruining Comedy is back in the news, because there are a lot…