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A Fan Conversation: How CABIN IN THE WOODS Kills Kids & Starts The Apocalypse
A Fan Conversation: How CABIN IN THE WOODS Kills Kids & Starts The Apocalypse

We “listen in” on a conversation between huge Cabin In The Woods fans, Clement Tyler Obropta and Karen Pinilla as they look back on Drew Goddard’s 2011 horror.

Once Upon A Fantasy: Lanthimos & Tarantino's Grand Delusions
Once Upon A Fantasy: Lanthimos & Tarantino’s Grand Delusions

The Favourite and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood could not be more distant – but are there more similarities to them than meets the eye?

Labor As The Mechanism Of Conflict In Robert Eggers' THE LIGHTHOUSE
Labor As The Mechanism Of Conflict In Robert Eggers’ THE LIGHTHOUSE

Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse is an abstract and surreal thriller which finds its grounding in its discussion of labor.

How THE BIG SLEEP Made Detectives Postmodern

If The Maltese Falcon is a work of high Modernism, then The Big Sleep has more in common with Postmodernism, with an obsession with the simulacrum of detective stories, not the quest for truth.

Bollywood Inquiry October 2019: THE SKY IS PINK, WAR & SAAND KI AANKH
Bollywood Inquiry October 2019: THE SKY IS PINK, WAR & SAAND KI AANKH

In the October Bollywood Inquiry, Musanna Ahmed covers new Bollywood releases The Sky is Pink, War and Saand Ki Aankh.

What A Fright For The Whites: Fear Of The Other In SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU?
What A Fright For The Whites: Fear Of The Other In SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU?

Clement Tyler Obropta explores whether or not Scooby-Doo promotes racist messaging, and how it uses xenophobic thinking to power a praxis of politics for propelling the narrative.

10 Great Horror Movies from Around the World Part 3
10 Great Horror Films from Around the World Part 4

In years past, I recommended great horror movies from around the world. Find part one…

How KAIRO Defined J-Horror And Made Japan's Demons Real
How KAIRO Defined J-Horror & Made Japan’s Demons Real

Kairo’s ghosts aren’t unearthly terrors, but rather memories of people lost, without names or faces, silently preparing themselves for an eternity of death.

The Last Seven Minutes of THE HORROR OF DRACULA Are the Best Horror Movie Ever Made
The Last Seven Minutes Of THE HORROR OF DRACULA Are The Best Horror Movie Ever Made

The Horror of Dracula is one of the greatest horror films of all time. Or the last seven minutes are, at any rate.

The Streaming Wars & The Apple TV+ Gamble
The Streaming Wars & The Apple TV+ Gamble

As we move into November, Disney+ and Apple TV+ are hounds baying at the door to our wallets. But how much potential do they really have to disrupt this streaming gold rush?

The Sting Of Death: JOKER And BONNIE & CLYDE
The Sting Of Death: JOKER And BONNIE & CLYDE

It’s possible that the great Pauline Kael might have liked Joker – Chris Cassingham compares it to another controversially violent film, Bonnie & Clyde.

A Pig's Gotta Fly: Revisiting The Hero Of PORCO ROSSO
A Pig’s Gotta Fly: Revisiting The Hero Of PORCO ROSSO

Porco Rosso is a film beaming with silliness and warmth, while also being tied and grounded in a particular human timeframe like very few Miyazaki movies can boast to have.

Sundance Film Festival 2020 Preview
Why Are Film Festivals So Expensive & Exclusive?

Film Festivals bring to audiences films that are powerful and necessary – so why are they all so exclusive?

How FARGO Succeeded Where STRANGER THINGS Failed
How FARGO Succeeded Where STRANGER THINGS Failed

When FX announced that they were moving forward with a television adaptation of the 1996…

Mental Illness In The Movies: THE END OF EVANGELION
Mental Illness In The Movies: THE END OF EVANGELION

Jack Godwin takes a look at the portrayal of mental illness in anime film The End of Evangelion.