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.
Here's the Thing MST3K and My New Appreciation for Bad Movies By Rob Rich • May 14th, 2024 The semi-recent discovery of a perpetual Mystery Science Theater 3000 marathon has made Rob realize that a lot of bad movies really aren’t so bad. On paper, anyway.
Noah's Beat Box Going to Extremes By Noah Springer • May 9th, 2024 Drawing lines between Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things and Nikos Nikolaidis’ cult favorite Singapore Sling. Did the latter influence the former?
