by Byron Bixler & Eli Hayes From the April 2015 Issue Basket Case (Henenlotter, 1982) A hideous growth vaguely resembling a partial human being is separated from a boy at a young age only to be reunited and carried about in a large wicker basket, occasionally released to exact its revenge on those who dared … Continue reading
by Jordan Aaron & Joel Kalow From the April 2015 Issue Joel Kalow: What do we look for when we go to the movies? Visceral pleasure (there’s a reason those Michael Bay movies break the box office every other year), narrative experiments, old-fashioned, epic storytelling. We go for the laughs, the tears, and the in-betweens. … Continue reading
by Byron Bixler From the April 2015 Issue Gang Tapes (Adam Ripp, 2001) Released just two years after The Blair Witch Project popularized the found footage genre, Gang Tapes was – to my knowledge – the first film to use the approach to chronicle the day-to-day life of black urban youth. It’s not a bad … Continue reading
From the April 2015 Issue Over a period of two weeks, magazine members were asked to submit ranked lists reflecting the very best 2014 films they saw. Fourteen lists were ultimately received and 46 titles of considerable diversity were mentioned, including four animated films, two documentaries, five summer blockbusters and six foreign language films. The … Continue reading
by Mikayla Mislak From the April 2015 Issue Homosexuals were once thought of as an unspeakable minority hidden in early film, whose “agenda” was believed to be powerful enough to corrupt even the most pure of heart. In reality, these innocent people were an unrepresented population whose idea of love was seen as sinful by … Continue reading
by Casey Simonson From the April 2015 Issue Kevin Smith might be addicted to announcing projects. Just weeks ago, Smith announced his plans to make Mallrats 2; a bit of news that elicited a collective groan from even the most die-hard of Smith fans. This Mallrats sequel waits patiently in a queue behind the two … Continue reading
by Robert S. Hummel From the April 2015 Issue Sometime near the outset of the golden Hitchcock standard Rear Window, Jimmy Stewart’s Scottie bemoans his romantic tie to Grace Kelly’s Lisa. “She’s too perfect,” he whines. “She’s too talented, she’s too beautiful, she’s too sophisticated.” To anyone who’s seen the future Princess of Monaco on … Continue reading
by Jordan Aaron From the April 2015 Issue Since its dawn, cinema has been a place of escape, desire and entertainment. There are websites, television shows and magazines such as this one that devote themselves to the glory that is film. Movie nerds bicker and argue all the time – “Should Forrest Gump really have … Continue reading
From the April 2015 Issue My name is Eli Hayes, and if I’m going to be honest with you, there are so many reasons why I love film that I don’t even know where to begin. I love that it allows for a group of people to come together and construct a reality of their … Continue reading
From the April 2015 Issue I was in Elementary School when Papa came home with the family’s first camcorder. “This is very expensive, you three, so you’re not allowed to touch it,” he told me and my two sisters – we were all gathered on a couch for a family meeting. “Your mother and I … Continue reading
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