One of the opening scenes in Claire Denis’ High Life shows the main character, Monte (Robert Pattinson), baby-talking the word “taboo” to his baby dau…
Editorials
Women & Horror: Lynne Ramsay explores motherhood and identity in ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’
“Women & Horror” is a four-part series of features on horror films directed by women. Content warning: This article discusses plot det…
Women & Horror: Female sexuality and monstrosity awakens in Julia Ducournau’s ‘Raw’
Female sexuality seems to have always been closely linked to monstrosity. For example, tracing back to classic mythology, sirens were known to lure me…
Women & Horror: ‘Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts’ is a genre-bending victim-avenger story from director Mouly Surya
Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts is at first glance a convergence of cinematic influences. Set in a rural Indonesian town, the story follows the rece…
TikTok, Phish and 100 Years of Cinema: Getting Through 2020
We don’t need to tell you how tough 2020 has been and yet, it would seem flippant if we didn’t address the elephant in the room that has re-establishe…
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask’s N64 Retrospective
How Eiji Aonuma & Yoshiaki Koizumi Changed Zelda’s Future Prelude In replaying Majora’s Mask for its 20th anniversary, I wanted to make this…
Hip Hop Roundup: A Remembrance and a Reminder
They say that music and entertainment can be the greatest forms of escapism, when reality appears helpless and difficult. It’s one of the oldest…