Divine provenance is great, but you know what’s better? Jester King’s provenance. Continue reading
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“SPOTLIGHT: Amythyst Kiah Makes a Statement of Self on ‘Wary + Strange’”
Imagine the song “Black Myself.” Imagine me, a white guy, singing “Black Myself” with the windows rolled down. Imagine me rolling the windows up because I feel like I don’t deserve to sing “Black Myself.” Anyways, good song. Continue reading
“Midwest Monsters: An Appreciation of Bill Rebane’s Spirited Schlock”
They sent me cheesy movies / the worst they could find / and then I sat and watched them all / and I enjoyed myself just fine Continue reading
“‘The Abominable Dr. Phibes’ At 50”
More like “The Abominable Dr. Vibes,” y’know? Continue reading
“Chris Hemsworth Brings the Hammer Down”
Happy Odin’s Day, here’s a piece that would’ve been better timed for Thorsday. Continue reading
“Hear Me Out: Why ‘Deep Rising’ Isn’t A Bad Movie”
Hear me out: I really like crappy movies that aren’t crappy at all, because there’s no accounting for taste. Continue reading
“Will Public Transit Survive The Pandemic?”
All I can say is that man, I really hope so. Continue reading
“Massachusetts’ Gayest Brewery Makes Damn Good Beer”
Not only “LGBTQ”-gay, but happy gay, because I don’t know how you could hang out on their roof deck and not be happy. Continue reading
“The Best Dessert-Inspired Sours of New England”
(And also New York.) Continue reading
“The Horrors Of Relocation In ‘Boys From County Hell'”
“One thing about living in Six Mile Hill I never could stomach: All the damn vampires.”
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“Barbara Crampton on ‘Jakob’s Wife’: ‘This Is a Horror Movie Crisis in a Relationship'”
Nothing to mend a marriage like a vampire bite and a mounting pile of corpses. Continue reading
“New England Backwoods Horror: Devereux Milburn And Dan Kennedy On ‘Honeydew'”
Not the kind you eat. In fact I’m still not 100% sure what melons have to do with [redacted] at all. Continue reading
“Meet Iranian And Female-Owned Back Home Beer, Brooklyn’s Latest Craft Brewery”
File under “the more you know,” because there’re a few things in here I certainly didn’t know. Continue reading
“An Appreciation Of 7 Movies Featuring Murderous Clothing”
First: Please everyone bow to Matt Patches, one of my editors, who made the .gif as the header for this piece. It is truly breathtaking. Second: Watch these movies! Yes, the final entry is an example of Andy fudging his own rules, but I wrote the fucking thing, and you’re not the boss of me. … Continue reading
SXSW: Postscript Coverage
Well, THAT wasn’t as exciting as I hoped it would be. Continue reading
“Simulation Theory Movies Offer Words Of Caution”
What happens when a person doesn’t think their reality is their reality and that their actions have no consequences? Nothin’ good. Continue reading
“Before There Was Vengeance, There Was ‘Joint Security Area'”
Someone said “hey, let’s put a Park Chan-wook film out on Blu-ray,” and I responded with “I will take a copy and write about it.” Continue reading
“The Beer Lover’s Guide To Contract Brewing”
A full tank is a happy tank, full tanks make happy brewers, and happy brewers make happy beer. Look, I don’t know where I’m going with this either. Continue reading
Sundance 2021: Coverage Roundup Extravaganza
So, I covered Sundance this year, from the comfort and safety of my couch, often wearing my PJs, frequently drinking a beer of my choosing from our fridge. In the loosest sense possible, I’ve “covered” Sundance before; here and there, I’ve provided spot reviews for movies that, i their release years, turned out to be … Continue reading
“The Rambling Ramblers Movie Podcast: ‘Oldboy'”
Let me tell you about a guy named Justin Gott. First: He’s the host of a really fun podcast called The Rambling Ramblers. Here’s the pitch: Justin and his co-host, Pete Conway, pick a movie. It’s a movie Justin has not seen, but Pete has. Justin then sees the movie. They talk about the movie. … Continue reading
