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Mind Palaces
A still from Barquero of a rugged man leaning forward in the bright sun, a beat up hat on his head and a well-worn shirt worn open barely hanging on to his shoulders.

A Fistful of Westerns

By Maddi Chilton • January 30th, 2026

There’s nothing as satisfying as a well-framed shot of a horse running fast.

Run It Back
A scene from Palestine 36 shows several men riding through an arid landscape on horseback.

2025

By Oluwatayo Adewole • January 28th, 2026

This month we reflect on the year gone past and how the spirit of revolution never really dies.

Feature Excerpt
A man pulls a syringe full of glowing yellow liquid from a bottle in a scene from Re-Animator.

Grad School is the Scariest Part: On Re-Animator

By Alexander B. Joy • January 26th, 2026

Re-Animator’s gory packaging and squeamish set pieces mask a trenchant – and accurate – sendup of all the reasons why graduate school is a toxic mess.

Talkin’ About Stuff

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • January 19th, 2026

Catchin’ up on some TV and movies.

Noah's Beat Box
Gandalf approaches the hilly Shire in a rickety horse-drawn wagon.

One Dream to Rule Them All

By Noah Springer • January 16th, 2026

My eyes glaze over and again, my dreams dance on gilded waves, gliding towards Rivendell.

Totally Generic
Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett lean in for a kiss in a scene from Black Bag.

Best of 2025

By Natasha Ochshorn • January 14th, 2026

The most sustained joy I got this year was mainlining old seasons of Top Chef while I packed and moved and unpacked apartments.

The title screen for Saga of the Phoenix from the trailer with text of the title in red on black with a lightning bolt in the middle

Life in the Human World is Far from Perfect: Watching Saga of the Phoenix (1989) Without Knowing What’s Going On

By Orrin Grey • January 8th, 2026

The Hell Virgin is actually a pretty good-natured sort.

Don't Stop Believing
A still from the movie The Royal Hotel shows main characters Hanna and Liv standing in front of a retro car in a parking lot. Hanna stares somewhere past the viewer while Liv is turned away, gazing in another direction.

How Art Helped Me in 2025

By Elijah Beahm • January 8th, 2026

We might not even realize it as it happens, but what we engage with shapes us.

Mind Palaces
A still from Adaptation features Nicholas Cage in a dual role as twin brothers, mid conversation in a dimly lit living room.

Bad Good Ideas

By Maddi Chilton • January 7th, 2026

I am on board, conceptually, with Adaptation’s ambition.

Feature Story
The classic Boris Karloff-as-Frankenstein's-monster mug shot.

Children of the Charnel House

By Orrin Grey • December 23rd, 2025

The story of Frankenstein, like so many others, has become something else, something that we each build for ourselves, piece by piece.

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