Home Alone Deconstructed via Krampus
Please don’t misconstrue this article as an attempt to tear down a beloved film. The blessing and curse of a film studies degree is that you notice everything in….
Author: S. Roy
Samir is a talkative and excitable film graduate who parlayed his cinephilia and obsession with all things media into a degree w/honors, and earned him the William Nestrick Award from UC Berkeley's Film and Media Department. He also loves telling stories, and cannot quell his fascination with reality tv and the Olympic Games. His love of the macabre, paranormal and perverse is so over the top, he may have been raised by the Addams Family (or perhaps this is just a side-effect of his Mormon and Hindu upbringing).
American Horror Story: Hotel “Room Service”
What I said earlier in the season about American Horror Story: Hotel being driven by decisions made under the duress of blinding desire and desperation comes to a major head in….
American Horror Story: Hotel: “Chutes and Ladders”
Runways and models and vampires oh my! This episode of American Horror Story: Hotel had everything and somehow managed to find time to work in some exposition, and gives us more….
American Horror Story: Hotel; Episode 1 “Checking In” (second opinion)
As per the usual (if anything in the world of Ryan Murphy’s horror anthology series American Horror Story can be called “usual”) Halloween season is upon us and brings with….
#WCW – Emmanuelle Riva in AMOUR (2012)
What would we do for love? What would we do because of how much we love someone? The simple complexity of this question has truly heartbreaking, shocking and unforgettable….
#MCM Flick – Nino Castelnuovo in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Though everyone remembers the youth and beauty of the stunning Catherine Deneuve in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (streaming on Hulu), it was her star-crossed lover Guy, played by the gorgeous Nino….
To Dust Return – Short premieres at SDCC Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival 2015.
Director Chris Peters debuts this new short film for its world premiere at SDCC today, which will simultaneously open up the horror block for the Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival….
#WCW Flick – We Need To Talk About Kevin
There are many reasons to love Tilda Swinton. She’s a supremely talented actress who has always made bold and thrilling choices, and taken on a diverse range of roles with….
#MCM Flick – Kill Your Darlings
Daniel Radcliffe’s bum gets great action. A still popular video circulating the internet shows him on his press tour for this film, over a woman’s knee letting a British radio host….
#FBF Flick – Renée
With Wimbledon 2015 currently filling my days with tennis and all the attention Caitlyn Jenner has brought to the T in my queer community’s ever-expanding alphabet soup, this #FBF I….
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Season 7, Episode 3: “ShakesQueer”
“Panties bitch!” Through dusty tones, does Jasmine Masters doth expel the spectre of staid congeniality that some feared would consume this new season of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Just because some….
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Glamazonian Airways
Samir: Oh god I love the sound of this episode’s description, to quote from my DVR “The queens are challenged to produce a pre-flight safety video for the first airline….