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The first time I started Slovak director Stefan Uher’s The Miraculous Virgin (Panna Zázracnica, 1966), it didn’t end. I started the film over before ...
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“Terrible thirst. Water! Flood me waterfalls, I’ll drink all the fountains dry”: Miraculous Virgin (1966)
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‘The Predator’ Review: Bigger, Not Better
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Regarding “Henry”…and Mark Finch
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‘Mandy’ Review: Nicolas Cage is a Righteous and Sincere Servant of Grief
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‘The Nun’ Review: A Bad Habit of Standard Scares
Music
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Idles: Joy as an Act of Resistance ‘Review’
Wrote this straight through in a oner, without editing, as I listened to the new Idles album, Joy as an Act of Resistance. Just ...
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Howling Joyful Treason Through a Season in Hell: Interview with Joseph Talbot of IDLES
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Picture Music: Volume 2 — The Montage is the Message in Skinny Puppy’s “Worlock”
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Legacies of Sade: Libertine Black Metal and the Sadeian World of Carpathian Forest
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The Mayhem Chronicles Volume III: (1997-2004) Rebirth, Polarization, and Eternal Recurrence
Art, Culture, Literature
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‘Batman: Damned’ Review: Hell Comes For Bruce Wayne
Batman is a hard case. He’s been dissected by hundreds of writers, illustrated and reinvented by just as many artists. On the big screen, ...
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Horror Business: Talking to Jenn Wexler About ‘The Ranger’ (2018), Horror and Punk Rock
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Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?
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Harlan Ellison Was Watching: A Tribute by Brad Gullickson
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Cult Classic ‘Liquid Sky’ (1982) Leaps From the Screen at Toronto’s Royal Cinema
Columns
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‘Maybe You Know Him…’: A Look Back at Jess Franco’s Count Dracula (1970)
By 1969, Bram Stoker’s most celebrated creation had appeared in countless films, some loosely based on the novel from whence he came, some so ...
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An Englishman’s Guide to Italian Gothic: The Virgin of Nuremberg (1963)
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Legacies of Sade: Gothic Kink in The Whip and The Body (1963)
Opinion
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8 Movies That Shouldn’t Be Missed at the Fantasia International Film Festival
For genre film fans, the Fantasia International Film Festival is like the Super Bowl. Even for those of us in the unfortunate position of ...
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Change My Mind: I’m All For Classic Films Being Remade
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To Watch or Not to Watch, That is the Question
