Year of the Month: Galactus, the Silver Surfer, Stan the Man, and King Kirby
Fifteen years ago, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four stories of 1966 were my…
The Mesmerizing Wrongness of MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE
The story behind Manos: The Hands of Fate is almost as legendary and unintentionally fascinating…
Year of the Month: BLACK MONK TIME
Studios, at the time, were not equipped to play our kind of music. – Eddie…
Year of the Month: FANNY AND ALEXANDER
Christmastime is here! Christmastime is here! Soon it will be Easter! That’s not true, of…
Year of the Month: KOYAANISQATSI
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take. When people run…
Burton Begins: The Strange Dream of HANSEL AND GRETEL
It’s the stuff of urban legend. A deeply disturbing, ultra-low-budget version of Hansel and Gretel…
Year of the Month: Three Ways of Looking at THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE
As a Set of Dichotomies, a Way to Break Expectations, and a Personal Audience Identification…
Are You Ready for the World That’s Coming? The Year of the Month in Kirby
After creating about half the Marvel Universe (by a conservative estimate), Jack Kirby, fed up…
Year of the Month: The Dystopian Utopia of THINGS TO COME
The twenties and thirties were full of paranoid visions of the future. In Britain, Aldous…
Year of the Month: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Don’t let anybody hurt you again, ever. They can’t anyway. You’re much too real. That…