Oh that dreaded 90s nostalgia, how will we ever curb our desires to live in the days of our youth? People complain that kids today are overstimulated by smart phones, social media and an endless strea…
Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark Review: The terror and beauty of words
Rumors are a common theme throughout Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark. If not rumors, than half-truths which brings to the light the damage of what false stories, gossip, and fear can do to someone. …
Aisling Franciosi and Baykali Ganambarr on the Importance of The Nightingale [Interview]
Content Warning for talk of sexual assault that happens in the film. For lack of a better descriptor, Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale is one hell of a watch. It has prompted walk-outs and has be…
Album Review: Bleached – “Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough?”
Established in Los Angeles by sister and former Mika Miko members Jennifer and Jessica Clavin, the punk band Bleached had been regularly releasing music on the indie label Dead Oceans since 2011. With…
The Art of Self-Defense Movie Review: Strange laughs with serious subtext
In a documentary talking about his time on Saturday Night Live, Will Ferrell talked about the difference between “funny-strange” and “funny-haha.” He referenced a sketch he did with Molly Shannon call…
Quentin Tarantino Comes Home in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
It’s been almost 30 years since Quentin Tarantino first hit the indie scene like a neutron bomb with his debut feature Reservoir Dogs (1992) and since then he’s made many names for himself. To some he…
Crawl Movie Review: Toothless alligator thriller bites
Sam Raimi has a knack for finding garbage. The writer/director has spent nearly 40 years discovering material that others deem trashy, waving his hands over it and magically morphing it into gold…