Month: June 2023

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Film Review

Huesera: The Bone Woman

By - Gareth Jones For fans of Mexican folk/body horror like Tigers Are Not Afraid, thought-provoking and challenging themes regarding bodily autonomy, strong female directors This is an astonishing debut feature length film from MichelleGarza Cervera. Of course, she comes with a successful run of short horror films.and strong training at The Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica. It is unfair to compare, but her assurance and mastery of film language is […]

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Music Review

Protomartyr – Formal Growth in the Desert

By - Kristi Houk Recommended if You Like: Pere Ubu, Iceage, The Fall, Dry Cleaning, Viagra Boys It’s been a weird week.  New York and other major cities across the U.S. are covered in a blanket of toxic smoke from the Canadian wildfires. The gray/orange, dystopian images are startling to say the least. Admittedly, Protomartyr’s new release, Formal Growth in the Desert has proved an apt soundtrack to the week’s […]

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Music Review

Bully – Lucky For You

By - Jackie Lo   For fans of Wednesday, Swearin’, The Breeders, Screaming Females, Palehound, Nirvana, Soccer Mommy I’ve been looking forward to listening to the new Bully album all year because Alicia Bognanno has always written songs that connected to me on a deep and personal level. I was instantly hooked from the first listen of “Trying” off 2015’s Feels Like “Been praying for my period all week/And relief […]

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Film Review

Reality

By - Nick Adrian For fans of All the President’s Men, Snowden, and conspiracy stories In 2017, former U.S. Air Force member and NSA translator Reality Winner was arrested for leaking an intelligence report on Russian interference in the 2016 United States Presidential Elections. Her interrogation, held and recorded by two FBI agents, R. Wallace Taylor and Justin C. Garrick was the basis for a 2019 stage play titled Is […]

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Film Review

The Pale Blue Eye

By - Gareth Jones For fans of Christian Bale, Edgar Allan Poe, American Folk Horror Murder Mystery Former actor Scott Cooper has now written and directed six films.  Three of those have starred Christian Bale.  As he has done with other directors, Bale works best when he has a strong collaborative relationship.  That is certainly the case with Cooper.  Starting with Out of the Furnace in 2013, continuing with Hostiles […]

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Film Review

Summer Vacation with Varda! A review of Ô saisons ô châteaux and Du côté de la côte

By - Gareth Jones For fans of Agnès Varda, short travel documentaries, poetic cinema Planning a trip to the beach or to the country? Schools are finally out and summer vacations have begun.  My daughters are fortunate to be going on a trip to France with their school.  I have never been to France so being the film professor, I immediately thought about getting them ready by watching some French […]

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Music Review

Y!KES – ST

By - Kristi Houk we love this record and this band!  but for the life of us we can’t find a damn thing out about them 🤣   Recommended if you like: PiL, Tricky, Vacation Forever, Deki Alem Upon listening to the new Y!KES ep, I have a question— Are they punk, metal, grunge, electronica or a brilliant amalgamation of all four?  One minute I’m wearing an oversized smiley face […]

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