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There’s a lovely weirdness to Albert Birney’s films. Strawberry Mansion imagined a near future world where dreams were audited: which sounds like a horror film, but in actuality became a masterpiece o…
You know that feeling when the theater air conditioning hits you just right, the popcorn is way too salty, and you're sitting in a packed room full of strangers all collectively losing it to somet…
I hit play on Oh, Hi! expecting a cute little indie rom-com. You know, soft lighting, flirty banter, some tears, a cozy Airbnb in the woods. And technically, I got all of that — but with a hefty side…
It’s hard to wash out the memory of your first time experiencing visceral body horror on screen. The snap of bones, the tearing of flesh, or the impossible bend of limbs becomes a branded mark on your…
There’s something quietly radical about a film that allows mystery to remain unsolved, that dares to wander, to ask questions without needing to answer them. Star People, the debut feature from writer…
Crumb Catcher is a strange little gem of a film—equal parts home invasion thriller, satire, and offbeat dark comedy. It’s the kind of movie that makes you wonder if you should be laughing, panicking,…
There’s a moment in Sorry, Baby that lodged itself deep in my chest and hasn’t left. Agnes—played with aching restraint by Eva Victor—sits in the bathtub, alone. Her arms are crossed like armor. Her v…
Almost everyone owns a smartphone now. A tiny recording device and track in nearly six billion pockets worldwide. They’ve become a part of our lives to point where we make jokes about the FBI peering…
Too often I have been required to remind myself that as an adult human I should not be getting angry with dinosaur movies. I wasn’t a child in 1993 when Steven Spielberg showed me a T-Rex eating a man…
Two key psychological moments in Danny Boyle’s 2002 masterpiece 28 Days Later happens when Jim (Cillian Murphy), Selena (Naomie Harris), and Hannah (Megan Burns) finally reach the compound of survivor…
What does magick mean to you? It’s the sum total of my life. “Gen’s most provocative work was unconditional love” – David Jay. Brion Gyson’s Dream Machine spins and Genesis P-Orridge begins to narr…
It hungers. The emptiness, the void, the absence that entropically pulls every molecule of your being when you are grieving an inconceivable loss. It hungers and cannot be satiated by time, comfort, r…