by Eli Hayes The noise of history is gray and turns with the wind, Like pages held by hungry children; smoke and laughter. And madness in a village of plasma, voices unheard, Tombs unseen, sacred and without a home. Red hair wisps, soft voices whisper, As we hold the hand of the beast, We, the … Continue reading
Over a period of two weeks, Filmic members were asked to submit ranked lists reflecting the very best 2015 films they saw. 21 lists were ultimately received and 64 titles of considerable diversity were named. The following is the final ranked aggregate: HONORABLE MENTIONS The Hateful Eight (dir. Quentin Tarantino) What we get with The … Continue reading
by Eli Hayes From the December 2015 IssueFirst things first, don’t watch this movie. Don’t watch it if you want to come out of it feeling anything remotely close to euphoric, don’t watch it for purposes of entertainment and don’t watch it in order to escape, or you’ll be sorely disappointed. Only watch Lilja 4-Ever … Continue reading
One IC Student’s Report on the 2015 Cannes Film Festival by Eli Hayes From the October 2015 IssueThe Cannes International Film Festival, one of the biggest film festivals in the world and arguably the most prestigious, is in constant, gorgeous chaos. It’s a goliath of an event set along the Mediterranean sea in the city … Continue reading
Just as with comedy, the effect of horror is unique for every movie-goer. The same image that makes you yawn might very well have traumatized your friend for life. From masked slashers and hulking monsters to pale ghouls and the exaggerated surreality of a troubled mind, almost everyone seems to have that one thing that … Continue reading
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
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
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
by Eli Hayes From the April 2015 Issue The old, crumbling building you see is a ghost’s garden And as if inside a labyrinth, they chase, they wander Death sparkles amidst flakes of hovering light From black to white, the old poets hold their stone Lonely, desolate, private, slow and still From one to the … Continue reading
Review by Eli Hayes From the April 2015 Issue If ever I was to purchase a DVD of The Living and the Dead, I would be desperately afraid to sleep in the same room as it. I would keep it locked within a safe within a safe within a safe, and only revisit it if … Continue reading
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