Dance Magic Dance: A selection of traumatizing children’s movies
Marie: A few days ago I made the mistake of watching Disney’s Pinocchio (1940) to ease the feeling of school-induced stress and childhood nostalgia I was suddenly having. I thought […]
An introduction to feminist horror
Zoe Doucette If you grow up as a girl, you are taught to fear from a young age. Fear becomes one of your best friends, because it is with you […]
Flicks Month of Blood: Week One
Zoe: October is Flicks’ MONTH OF BLOOD: Flicks will be exploring all things spooky and depraved with special horror-themed columns through the month of October, from apparitions to zombies. Here […]
The book was better
Sept. 30, 2012 Dear Friend, I am writing to you because the film adaptation of classic teen-angst novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower is set for local release on […]
The Worlds Beyond The Wardrobe Department
As that Polonius guy once said, “clothes make the man.” He couldn’t have been more correct in the case of movies. Costumes make all the difference between success and failure […]
Road to joy
There are times in life which call for direct action and goal-setting. Then, there are times in life which call for yoga pants, carbohydrates, whiskey, and uncontrollable sobbing interspersed with […]
The People’s Theatre pt. 2
Video art is frequently mocked in popular culture. It’s weird and non-linear. People ‘don’t get it.’ Usually there is at least one naked person and none of the actors ever […]
The People’s Theatre
This is the first installment of a series on local and web-based resources offering smart, life-changing films to the public for free. Libraries are amazing. They are a vital resource […]
Flicks: The Artist
Marie: There are two ways that I can describe Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist (2012) right off the top of my head: 1) It is an endearing and affective love letter to […]
Flicks: A Dangerous Method
ZOE: The David Cronenberg/Viggo Mortensen collaboration party continues in A Dangerous Method (2011), a departure from the gory A History of Violence (2005) and Eastern Promises (2007). Method dives into the conflicts and heady discoveries of psychoanalysis as […]