Uninvited and Unseen: Two Chilly Classics of the 1940s on Blu-ray Together By Orrin Grey • July 26th, 2024 The success of The Uninvited hangs in the air around Lewis Allen’s 1945 follow-up, The Unseen.
Nonhuman Meditations Godzilla: From Nuclear Trauma to Emotionally Recovering in the Colosseum By Alyssa Wejebe • July 22nd, 2024 While Godzilla was created from nuclear warfare – he’s ultimately not his creator. Or he doesn’t have to be.
Forms in Light Taming the Beast By Justin Reeve • July 18th, 2024 The tale of Japan’s Bubble Economy and the metaphorical devastation wrought by Godzilla provides valuable lessons for the future of generations everywhere.
Interlinked Oh Mothra, Advance With Silk and Song By Phoenix Simms • July 10th, 2024 Mothra is at once an icon of ritual and tradition as well as one of feminine transgression.
Run It Back Cute By Oluwatayo Adewole • July 2nd, 2024 Kawaii is consumed by the West as beauty without threat, whereas the very designation of Blackness is full of threat. What does it mean for a Black woman to try and be “cute?”
626 Day This is Your Badness Level: Lilo & Stitch and Mental Health By Orrin Grey • June 26th, 2024 As a weird kid myself, who grew up into a weird adult, it’s easy to see aspects of myself in both Lilo and Stitch – and I’m not alone.
Feature Story Minus One Is King By David Shimomura • June 26th, 2024 Everyone has trauma. Godzilla is definitely still cool but he’s deeply threatening and he probably hates you.
Here's the Thing ACAB Includes Martin Brody By Rob Rich • June 13th, 2024 Roy Scheider’s depiction of Amity Island police chief Martin Brody is charming, sweet, and charismatic. But that doesn’t make him any less of a bastard.
Rough Shadows: The Whistler Films on Blu-ray By Orrin Grey • June 12th, 2024 There’s nothing here that’s a forgotten classic or destined to become a new favorite, but it’s nice to have them around, and it’s great, as always, that Indicator is doing the work to preserve some of these B-roll pictures.
The Place That Is Nowhere: Abashiri Prison 1-3 from Eureka By Orrin Grey • May 31st, 2024 The star of the show becomes Abashiri itself, and the frozen landscape that surrounds it, which makes escape seem impossible, even long after the inmates are outside the prison walls.
