Art, Culture, Literature

Brea Grant (recognisable from her role as Daphne Millbrook from Heroes) is a storyteller who wears many hats, all of which she dons with great style, accomplishment and a generous sense of humour. From writer to actor to director to ...

It’s been said many times that art is subjective. After all, interpretation and opinion are both in the eye of the beholder. Art has provided us with beauty, romance, and an escape into the realms of fantasy. It’s also managed ...

The title of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1946 Notorious refers to the film’s central character Alicia Huberman, portrayed by Ingrid Bergman. Alicia indulges in heavy drink and promiscuity. A Freudian rationale would be that her actions are an extension of disdain for ...

Despite the fact that the term “transcending genre” has perhaps itself already become a cliché, at least in film discussion, the fact nevertheless remains that much like certain filmmakers, there also exists in music select bands and artists that treat ...

The first time I encountered the writing of Cathy O’Brien was in 2014. I had binged the first season of True Detective, and I was scouring the Internet to better understand just what the hell creator Nic Pizzolatto was going ...

One of my happiest memories was the day I finished fashioning my own home-made Superman costume. To be fair it was no way near as good as the Monkey TV show outfit I had made a few months before, replete ...

Often when we 80s kids talk about growing up in that golden age of cinema, we refer to slasher films like A Nightmare on Elm Street or Friday the 13th, or the angsty dramedies of John Hughes, or comedies such ...

As a reviewer, it’s difficult to grapple with Stephen R. Bissette’s immense behemoth of a monograph. In fact, it’s hard to even know where to begin when discussing Bissette’s 600+ page study of David Cronenberg’s The Brood (1979). Perhaps it’s ...

Fucked up and over at the miserable old age of 70, Jim Thompson died at home in, of all places, Los Angeles-a town that promised golden dreams to an aging novelist who’s novel writing days were over. He got fucked ...

Conjure this: a witchy burlesque show and psychic reading performed monthly at a haunted venue in Los Angeles. Not just a scene from a Jess Franco film, this evening of entertainment—called “Belle, Book, and Candle”—is the work of iconic artist, ...