Delaney, the “funniest man on twitter” wrote a ponderous and decidedly unfunny memoir. Continue reading »
Category Archives: Reviews
Falling For Orphan Black: does Nature or Nurture determine your clone’s life?
Orphan Black’s investigation of the Nature vs. Nurture debate captivated Catherine. She’s waiting eagerly for more. Continue reading »
Review: Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The movie is a dour affair, but an excellent sequel built on bizarre performances and a sense of the seriousness of its subject matter. Continue reading »
Backwoods Netflix: How to Survive a Plague
This documentary about the early history of AIDS activism tells a thrilling and heartbreaking story that demands to be seen. Continue reading »
The best novel about the JFK assassination
Was JFK killed by a lone gunman or in a broader conspiracy? In Don DeLillo’s speculative history of the assassination, the answer is both—and neither. Continue reading »
The Backlist: Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle
In this horror masterpiece, it isn’t houses that are haunted. It’s people. Continue reading »
Review: Christa Desir’s Fault Line
A strong debut novel about a difficult topic. Continue reading »
Falling for Sleepy Hollow: a new Ichabod for a new Decade
Catherine explains how Fox’s new drama Sleepy Hollow won her over, despite a fondness for Tim Burton’s kooky horror classic. Continue reading »
Beyond Horror: Blue Velvet
David Lynch’s iconic film finds horror in the banal. It’s as potent and disturbing today as when it appeared in 1986. Continue reading »
Mario Bava: Horror’s Unknown Visionary
Bava, like Sergio Leone, stripped away the romanticism of Hollywood genre film-making and produced a body of legendary but mostly unseen of horror films. Continue reading »
