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Book review: Harlan Ellison’s Watching (Reissue), by Harlan Ellison

  • August 18, 2008

Harlan Ellison’s Watching (Reissue) Harlan Ellison. Milwaukee: M Press, 2008 (1989). Paperback, $12.95, 465pp. ISBN: 978-1-59582-056-3 We want to believe that great writing happens in solitude, during nighttime hours in which[…]

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Olympia!

  • August 15, 2008

It’s August 15th, do you know where your unborn children are? Bombs! Chaos! Bigfoot! Chupacabras! aliens! Russia vs. Georgia and – and THE 2008 OLYMPICS in China! China, the most[…]

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Once there was a protest against a satire about a film within a film…

  • August 14, 2008

I’m sure this is the fifteenth thing you’ve read today about the TROPIC THUNDER scandal, vis a vis “Once upon a time, there was a retard…” but if you haven’t,[…]

Experimental & Underground · Reviews

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The Eye Like a Strange Balloon (Guy Maddin 1995)

  • August 13, 2008

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSZYkv4Ad2Q] Canadian Guy Maddin is virtually unique among contemporary filmmakers in that despite having made nine features – including The Saddest Music in the World, Brand Upon the Brain, and[…]

Directors · Interviews

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Jack Hill Speaks

  • August 6, 2008

Director Jack Hill took the time to send along his thoughts on Noah Berlatsky’s article “Men in Women-in-Prison: Masochism, Feminism, Fetish” in the most recent issue of Bright Lights. Hill,[…]

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A Mad Tea Party – Alice in Wonderland (Jonathan Miller 1966)

  • August 2, 2008

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrTfEk2P9nw] When it comes to Lewis Carroll adaptations, Tim Burton’s upcoming 3-D Alice has a lot of competition. The IMDB lists 24 versions of Alice in Wonderland, including Burton’s, and[…]

Music & Musicals · Reviews

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Music, Morricone, and Jack Nicholson’s Voice: The Soundscape of Wolf

  • July 31, 2008

“Suddenly my senses are all incredibly acute … I’m different, more alive, stronger … “

Asian · Reviews

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Ghosts of the Present: On Aditya Assarat’s Wonderful Town

  • July 31, 2008

“The film is both a bittersweetlove story and a memorial to the tsunami victims.”

Essays · Exploitation & Erotica · Genres

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Men in Women-in-Prison: Masochism, Feminism, Fetish

  • July 31, 2008

“Nobody wants to pay to becastrated anymore.”

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Across the Universe: Julie Taymor Made the Most Spectacular Film of the Year

  • July 31, 2008

Too bad nobody noticed

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Getting Better All the Time: The 2008 Tribeca Film Festival

  • July 31, 2008

But lose the red carpet

Directors · Horror · Interviews

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Object in Mirror May Be Closer Than It Appears: Stuart Gordon Talks about Horror, the Absurd, and Stuck

  • July 31, 2008

“These two people are stuck in life.”

LGBT & Queer · Reviews

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Queer Quickies: Random Short Reviews from The Bubble to When I Knew

  • July 31, 2008

“The gays — they make too much big crazy!”

Crime · Essays · Noir

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To Slap a Dame: Sexual Violence in the Age of Reason

  • July 31, 2008

“Skip is the only one that enacts incest with one hand and bats away communists like flies from a dung pile with the other.”

Essays · LGBT & Queer

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Psycho: Queering Hitchcock’s Classic

  • July 31, 2008

We have met the cross-dressing closeted maniac, and he is us

Essays

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The Misery Business: In Which Your Agent Will Be Lauren Bacall

  • July 31, 2008

And your ankles will still bebroken

Westerns

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Homeless on the Range: The Lusty Men and the “Great American Search”

  • July 31, 2008

“He’s always holding something back.”

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The Kids Are Not All Right: Larry Clark on WassupRockers and More

  • July 31, 2008

“For me it was like, How do Imanipulate this kid so he can do this and he’s comfortable?, which isall part of directing.”

Counterculture · Directors · Interviews

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The Mole Man: Going Underground with Alejandro Jodorowsky

  • July 31, 2008

“I think Spielberg is the son from when Walt Disney fucked Minnie Mouse.”

Reviews · SF & Fantasy

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Iron Man Takes the “Reigns”: Robert Downey, Jr., Lookin’ Healthy

  • July 31, 2008

Racist and slow-moving, withoccasional cool shit

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