Taco Break: Unexpected Masterpieces
Having grown up on classical culture, especially music, has skewed my perspective on pop culture.…
Scenic Route: SEVEN (1995)
Film is mercilessly visual. Its closeups, the clarity of the image (which only gets clearer…
Soundtracking #20: Exit Music (for Several Films)
Despite the subject matter, this is actually pretty much SPOILER-free. References to earlier podcasts on Escape…
Memento Mori: THE ACT OF SEEING WITH ONE’S OWN EYES (1971)
The trajectory of Stan Brakhage’s approximately 50-year career moves from films he shot himself with…
Taco Break: 24 Hours of Horror
It has roots both in the most ancient and unknown of rituals and the most…
Today in Siskel & Ebert History: 9/22/1995
http://siskelandebert.org/video/A6Y449G6BKGY/Seven–Canadian-Bacon–Showgirls-1995 20 years ago today, Siskel & Ebert had a remarkably big show for a late-September…
Film on the Television (09/14/15): SEVEN on SyFy
According to David Fincher, filming Alien³ was such a nightmare that he couldn’t look at…