“A delectable parody of dawn-of-the-Reagan-era teen flicks… a loving and meticulous recreation of the last moment before American youth culture went permanently ironic.” – Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly Season of the kitsch Director and co-writer David Wain’s Wet Hot American Summer is a film that’s charm, cheek, and capricious good nature, albeit dirty-minded, is […]
Author: Shane Scott-Travis
Pulling Focus: The Lost Boys (1987)
“My own brother, a goddamn, shit-sucking vampire. You wait ’till mom finds out, buddy!” – Sam Emerson (played by Corey Haim) The children of the night. What music they make! The late Norwegian literary historian, mythographer, and professor, A. Asbjørn Jøn notes in his “From Nosferatu to Von Carstein: shifts in the portrayal of […]
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The 25 Best Cult Movies of The 21st Century (So Far)
Cult film is alive and well in the new century, which has so far seen a wealth of memorable midnight movies, eccentric oddities, sleeper stoner comedies, and other “out there” genre films. Part of the attraction with movies designated with cult status is that they are so very different and much more provocative than mainstream […]
Pulling Focus: Crash (1996)
“Crash is a movie De Sade would have adored.” – J.G. Ballard Always crashing in the same car “Film for film,” writes film critic and historian J. Hoberman, “[David Cronenberg] is the most audacious and challenging director in the English-speaking world.” Certainly 1996’s brassy and grotesque fever dream Crash exemplifies such an idea and […]
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The 25 Best Sci-Fi Movies of the 21st Century (So Far)
In the new millennium, science fiction films continue to flourish, commanding massive box office receipts, inspiring our dreams, and all while making technological innovations along the way. Franchises remain popular, and so many of the big event films have SF underpinnings, but so too, do creative indie films and art house fare as the influence […]
Pulling Focus: Green Room (2015)
“Overall [Green Room is] not so much about the neo-Nazis per se, though as it is a critique of mainstream America… Foremost, Green Room is about delivering this very intense movie experience for the audience.” – Jeremy Saulnier Nazi punks fuck off Having grabbed considerable attention with his small-scale but hugely impressive bloodstained revenger […]