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American Gigolo: Be my favorite toy
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American Gigolo in 1980—a film that, despite turning 45, remains provocative, multifaceted, and strikingly relevant.
Believers in evil
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The Believers reminds us of horror’s roots in the everyday uncanny: a father’s fear, a city’s secrets, the thin veil between belief and bedlam.
Cinema and Video
Blood Diner: A Reagan-Era Remix of Gore's Golden Age
Very impressive remake of classic gore horror from 60s
Against rural English traditions in The Lair of the White Worm
“The Lair of the White Worm” may not be Russell’s masterpiece.
Queer Necrophilia: Transgression and Desire in Jörg Buttgereit's Nekromantik Dilogy
Traditional horror punishes transgression; here, necrophiles are protagonists, their desires centralized rather than vilified.
The Legitimization of Irish War Criminals and Separatism Through the Absence of a Military Tribunal Over the IRA
If you kill enough people for long enough, the world will eventually treat you as a statesman rather than a criminal.
An Ontological Investigation of Militarism in the Films of Paul Verhoeven
Verhoeven’s approach is distinctly satirical, employing hyperbole and irony to expose the absurdities and horrors of militaristic being.
