FIVE QUESTIONS: John Campopiano on Stephen King’s IT
At the risk of launching into an Abbott and Costello routine, It is everywhere. I’m speaking, of course, of Stephen King’s mammoth…
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INTERVIEW: Negativland’s Mark Hosler
If you only know one thing about Negativland, it’s probably U2, the infamous 1991 EP whose cover, title, and liberal sampling of…
REVIEW: Let the Corpses Tan (2017) dir. Bruno Forzani & Hélène Cattet
I am speaking to you from the past. Specifically, I am writing less than 24 hours after seeing the New England premiere…
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) dir. Philip Kaufman
So here’s a weird thing: there was a period, beginning in the late ‘70s and stretching through most of the ‘80s, when…
BIG 3 FILM: The Short Films of Maya Deren
NOTE: The Brattle’s screening of the Short Films of Maya Deren has been postponed until a to-be-determined date in the fall. Nevertheless,…
REVIEW: BlacKkKlansman (2018) dir. Spike Lee
In 2016, Spike Lee was awarded an honorary lifetime achievement Oscar at the 88th annual Academy Awards. It was, of course, richly…
Con Air (1997) dir. Simon West
How did Nicolas Cage hide for so long? I don’t mean from sight. The man has been a major movie star…
FIVE QUESTIONS: ‘RUMINATION’ Director Chad Eric Smith
As regular readers of Film Flam know, we’re huge fans of the Boston SciFi Film Festival. In particular, the festival’s multiple yearly…
INTERVIEW: Prefab Messiahs’ Xerox Feinberg on the Age of the Video Album
As an art form, the music video is in a curious place. There’s a sense in mainstream circles that it’s a dead…
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) dir. Tobe Hooper
Like most folks with a healthy interest in horror cinema, I saw Hereditary last month, and like many, I’ve spent a good…
Helter Skelter (1976) dir. Tom Gries
It has often been said, with considerable understatement, that the advent of television halfway through the twentieth century changed everything. Kennedy, for…
(7/6 – 7/28) Truly Killer @COOLIDGE
The relationship between the horror and true crime genres is both symbiotic and delicate. There’s a large overlap in their fan base,…
