Take a Number and Wait: Bureaucracy in the On-Screen Afterlife
According to the movies, death looks a whole lot like the DMV. Read More
March 21, 2017
Opinions
The Future of Food: 5 Ominous Trends in Science Fiction Cuisine
The way to a sci-fi’s heart is through its stomach. Read More
March 14, 2017
For The Coen Brothers, Texas is a State of Mind
“Down here - you’re on your own.” Read More
March 10, 2017
The Devil is a F**kboy: Revisiting ‘The Witches of Eastwick’
I’d like to think that, hot off his medical residency, George Miller turned to the nearest reflective surface and muttered… Read More
March 3, 2017
From Homer to ‘House of 1000 Corpses’: The Role of Hospitality in Rural Horror
How the ancient greek notion of guest-friendship persists through the unlikely vessel of a rural horror trope. Read More
February 21, 2017
The Melancholy of Don Bluth
How the children’s animation of the '80s made room for sadness, and what that taught us. Read More
February 14, 2017
Here For a Good Time: The Role of the Female Gaze in ‘Everybody Wants Some!!’
Or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the butts. Read More
February 7, 2017
Your Happy Place Movie
It’s been a rough week in the real world. To what cinematic adventure might you escape, if only for a… Read More
November 11, 2016
9 Things You Can Do To Make a Movie Listicle Not Suck
An opening salvo in a new weekly list column.For the first of what will hopefully be a long and fruitful series… Read More
October 5, 2016