Year of the Month: Babalugats on the Year in Nuclear Annihilation
In 1964, the steady march of technological advancement seemed to be leading us towards our…
A Warning That’s Already Too Late: The Dystopian Satire of HIGH RISE
High-Rise ends with “Industrial Estate,” a song by the post-punk iconoclasts The Fall. That just…
The Fear: THREADS (1984)
Dig a hole, cover it with a couple of doors and then throw three feet…
The Future of Comic-Book Superhero Movies Is The Past – Part 1: MR. FREEDOM
Hollywood has an uncanny way of capturing the Zeitgeist: in a sense, it has to…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
I am troubled by the feeling which runs all through the film, of discredit and…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: LOLITA (1962)
In 1962, or in 2015 for that matter, if you’re making a film about a…