Jane Austen Wrecked My Life | The Materialists
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S/He Is Still Her/e: The Official Genesis P-Orridge Documentary is a fascinating document of a human who tried to be a vessel for something more than human
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…
90s All Over Me Part 8: 1996 – From Albino Alligator to William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet
90s All Over Me takes inspiration from 80s All Over, the Drew McWeeny/Scott Weinberg podcast that attempted to review every major film release of the 80s one month at a time; that podcast ended circa…
Grief hungers and consumes in the Philippou brothers’ Bring Her Back
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…
Universal Language is a revolutionary exercise in culture, wit, and most of all, fun
Matthew Rankin, Pirouz Nemati and Ila Firouzabadi’s Universal Language blends absurdist comedy, childlike wonder and alternative history into a cultural melting pot worth digging into. Offering a ten…
90s All Over Me Part 7: 1995 – From Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls to Wild Side
90s All Over Me takes inspiration from 80s All Over, the Drew McWeeny/Scott Weinberg podcast that attempted to review every major film release of the 80s one month at a time; that podcast ended circa…
Tom Cruise saves the best for last with Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
So here we are, almost a round thirty years since Tom Cruise redefined cinematic action with Mission: Impossible by fighting a helicopter with a train in a tunnel. That franchise spawning creation was…
The Surfer is a slow burn that never quite hits the waves
The Surfer opens with a tense, slow buildup, but I couldn’t help but feel like I was watching a sloth move in slow motion rather than anything that kept me at the edge of my seat. The premise has pote…
A Tale of Two Teen Slashers: Hell of a Summer and Clown in a Cornfield
Released in fairly quick succession this year have been two distinct “throwback” mainstream slashers. Hell of a Summer and Clown in a Cornfield. The two movies also come on the heels of Josh Ruben’s r…
Clown in a Cornfield is a bloody good time with a brain
When it comes to horror, I’ve always believed the best films work on more than one level—they’re terrifying, yes, but also smart, layered, and maybe even a little cheeky. Clown in a Cornfield is exact…
Ryan Coogler's Sinners mixes Blues, vampires and gangsters: birthing a transcendent masterpiece
Ryan Coogler's Sinners is a Southern Gothic fable that combines music, history, religion, and horror: building into an imaginative, cinematic eruption. Set in 1932 in rural Mississippi, the film f…
90s All Over Me Part 6: 1994 – From Ace Ventura: Pet Detective to Wolf
90s All Over Me takes inspiration from 80s All Over, the Drew McWeeny/Scott Weinberg podcast that attempted to review every major film release of the 80s one month at a time; that podcast ended circa…