HOKUM is terrific. Damian McCarthy truly is a horror maestro. My review for @thecurbau.bsky.social bit.ly/4eOaY8G

44 years ago Bad Brains' guitarist Dr. Know and Singer HR at Viceroy Park, Charlotte, North Carolina, April 1982. Photo by Rusty Moore #punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #badbrains #DrKnow #HR #history #punkrockhistory

Italian poster for Lucio Fulci's CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD (1980) #FulciFriday

Friday.

Kwaidan (1965) #filmsky #horrorsky

Late to the party, I know, but I've finally started playing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and now I totally understand all the love and the hype! Amazing so far!

Tonight's film: New Rose Hotel. It deserves more love. Abel Ferrara adapting William Gibson, staring Christopher Walken & Willem Dafoe! My mind was blown when I first saw this. I was finishing high school, obsessed with Gibson, but had no idea who Abel Ferrara was. One of my favorites! Love it!

Patti Smith and PJ Harvey #WomensArt

Now Watching: All the Long Nights (2024)

May 8th for VOD. I'm really looking forward to this!

I need to learn how to take selfies. I hate having my photo taken and I don't like my smile. I have no idea why I'm posting this.

Kaneto Shindō (with scenes from his film "Kuroneko")

Evening viewing recommendation? Watch Chantal Akerman’s singular TOUTE UNE NUIT (1982). One of the legendary Belgian director’s greatest triumphs, it's a charming, avant-garde melodrama that is as much about the weight of time as the longing for connection.

Now Watching: November (2017)

After listening to MMMD's score for Hagazussa for the past 2 days straight, I'm digging myself out of this music hole by listening to another banger score: Valhalla Rising! Both scores have a specific atmosphere I want to immerse myself in at the moment (for writing purposes) and are amazing!

I had the opportunity to read an early copy of the novel and it's wonderful. www.fangoria.com/jane-schoenb...

Trailer for the new Sho Miyake film, " Two Seasons, Two Strangers". www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC0x...

More MMMD - Malproksime www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyP2...

MMMD - Hagazussa madichon If you haven't seen Hagazussa and intend to, I'd recommend that you just listen and save the imagery for when you watch it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T3s...

I watched Hagazussa a couple of days ago and I'm still thinking about it. It definitely got under my skin. The score is amazing. While I was watching it I thought it sounded a lot like MMMD (who I'm a big fan of), only to realise that the score was by MMMD!

Now Watching: Carnival in the Night (1981)

Watch Tony Gilroy's MICHAEL CLAYTON (2007) in our Corporate Thrillers collection! This masterfully scripted and acted legal thriller—widely heralded as one of the best films of the twenty-first century thus far—turns every shady backroom machination into riveting moral drama.

I've started reading "The Empty Man" comic and so far, it's pretty good. Very different from the film, from what I've read so far. It would make a great TV show.

Digging out a couple of old DVDs to watch later, both from Mikhail Kalatozov: The Cranes are Flying (1957) I am Cuba (1964) They both blew my mind when I first saw them. Magnificent films, essential viewing.

Theo Angelopoulos: Eternity and a Day (1998) Voyage to Cythera (1984)

For some reason, I'm thinking about 3 different films that revolve around a hotel: Hotel - Jessica Hausner (2004) New Rose Hotel - Abel Ferrara (1998) The Million Dollar Hotel - Wim Wenders (2000) They would make for a weird triple feature. I might give it a go. ❤️ NRH (Walken + Dafoe + Argento)

I'm in the mood for some folk horror, so I'm gonna check out: Hagazussa (2017)

Now Watching: The Fruits of Passion (1981)

The Kamikaze Taxi DVD I ordered arrived today and I'm really looking forward to watching it again. The last time I saw it was over 15 years ago on VHS. A really interesting film.

I have some huge news! I am making my debut on a Criterion disc for their stunning 4k restoration of Neil Jordan's THE CRYING GAME. I wrote an essay for the booklet and I'm very excited for everyone to check it out. www.criterion.com/films/33812-...

Me too.

For your viewing pleasure: David Fincher interviewed by Bong Joon Ho at a Zodiac screening. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-tU...

Now Watching: Alice in the cities (1974) I love this film, it's one of my favorites. For some reason I was thinking about Robby Müller the other week and kept drifting back to his work with Wenders. Might do a Müller-marathon next week, or a 'Müllerthon' if you will.

Why?

I will take a bullet for both Felix and Stephen, this interview is HEAVEN. The Brunswick Underground Film Festival is honestly not just my favourite fest in the world right now, but my very own sweet boy Felix is hands down the best fest programmers working in Australia at the moment.

Join EFF at HOPE 26 where we can learn, connect, and push the fight for privacy and free speech online forward. Grab your ticket in April and you'll support EFF! www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Thinking about this while looking for work 💀

I'm really enjoying rewatching Lav Diaz's films. I might not have the time to watch all 5+ hours in one sitting these days, but l love the feeling of returning to them. I love his work and I wish it was easier to find. I only have a few on DVD + MUBI, but there's still a bunch that I haven't seen.

Now Watching: Century of Birthing (2011) I got the chance to see this in a cinema many years ago but had to leave half way through because the person I saw it with got really sick. Even though it was interrupted, it was a mesmerising experience. One of my favourite Lav Diaz films.

Part of what has deranged American life in this past decade is the change in book publishing and in magazines and newspapers and in the movies as they have passed out of the control of those whose lives were bound up in them and into the control of conglomerates. (1980)

I'm going through old storage, looking for things to sell or donate, and I found my original french poster for Tarkovsky's Stalker! I checked on eBay and they're going for over $1200, I'm seriously considering selling it as I'm currently unemployed and kinda need the $ It's such an awesome poster!

This looks pretty fun. I'm a big fan of Hiro Murai, particularly his work on Atlanta and Barry. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcpY...

Now Watching: From What Is Before (2014)

The newest film on my "I need to see this fucking thing as soon as possible" list: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OFR...

Now Watching: Three Crowns of the Sailor (1983) I had to rummage around in some boxes of DVDs but I finally found it!

happy holidays

Now Watching: Storm Children, Book One (2014)

I've written and co-edited a whole stack of film crit books since 2011, with two more coming this year. If the intersection of genre (especially horror and exploitation) and genre is of interest, gee whiz do I have the books for you 💜 horrornonna.com/books/

Remembering the beloved cinematographer Robby Müller (BOTD in 1940) who forever altered the landscape of cinematography and created some of cinema’s most enduring images, transforming the everyday into the extraordinary from the back roads of Germany to the expanse of the American Southwest. ❤️