Exploring The Twilight Zone #6: Escape Clause
With the entire original run of The Twilight Zone available to watch instantly, we’re partnering with Twitch Film to cover… Read More
June 13, 2011
Features and Columns
Blood, Sweat and Latex: The Good, The Bad, and the Avant-garde
by Shannon SheaCalifornia Institute of the Arts or CalArts as it was known, informally, was set on a hill just off… Read More
June 13, 2011
Exploring the Twilight Zone: Week One Wrap-Up
We launched a brand new feature this week, but we didn’t do it on this site. Crazy, right? That’s just… Read More
June 9, 2011
Culture Warrior: Politics of Identity in ‘X-Men: First Class’
Themes of identity, difference, stigma, and othering are explicitly or implicitly present in much of the X-Men mythology, whether expressed… Read More
June 7, 2011
Blood, Sweat and Latex: Bluffing My Way into Film School
by Shannon SheaSpecial effects master Shannon Shea continues his trip down memory lane in an attempt to find relevance in the… Read More
June 6, 2011
Rob Zombie Unleashes the Teats of Satan for ‘Salem’
“What the f**k is Wayne Toth working on now? More nasty business for Lords. And to answer your questions… YES!… Read More
June 1, 2011
Culture Warrior: Understanding the Past Through Summer Blockbusters
Movies have a strange relationship with history, that’s for certain. On the one hand, they have the ability to bring… Read More
May 31, 2011
Blood, Sweat and Latex: Never Lay a Beard on a Drunk
by Shannon SheaFor those of you new to this column, I’m revisiting important events in my life that made me what… Read More
May 30, 2011
Old Ass Movies: Spend Memorial Day Weekend With ‘To Be or Not To Be’
Your weekly fix of great movies made before you were born that you should check out before you die.The persistent question… Read More
May 26, 2011
Criterion Files #409: Beauty and Sadness await in the “Days of Heaven”
Some films represent to many the indefinable expression of a dream. Often times it’s nightmarish, as that’s what we can… Read More
May 25, 2011