SXSW21: The Sparks Brothers
Edgar Wright’s love of music should come as no surprise. From the classic musical cues in Shaun of the Dead to the choregraphed…
SXSW21: ALIEN ON STAGE
Tired of performing the standard pantomime fare, an amateur theater group, composed primarily of a group of bus drivers in Dorset, UK, decides…
SXSW21: We Are the Thousand
The soulful Pop Theology duo of Ryan Parker and Benjamin PowerGriffin break down the new documentary, We Are the Thousand, which has its…
Coming Out while the World Is Coming Apart
Two groundbreaking coming-out films from Asia are now available on Netflix: Your Name Engraved Herein, from Taiwan, and Funny Boy, from Sri Lanka/Canada.…
Sister Ruth Strikes Again: FX Remakes ‘Black Narcissus’
The biggest question I had while watching the BBC/FX remake of Black Narcissus (Streaming on FX/Hulu) was, Who looked at the original 1947 film and thought, “We know what went wrong and we know how to fix it”?
#KillerSerials: DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD
In the latest episode of the Killer Serials podcast, Tony Jones and Ryan Parker turn their attention to a recent Netflix film, Dick Johnson…
‘The Boys in the Band’ and the Work of Queer Soul
“How could his beauty ever compare with my soul? And although I’ve never seen my soul, I understand from my mother’s Rabbi that…
A Conversation About SKIN: A HISTORY OF NUDITY IN THE MOVIES
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies explores the history of nudity in film, beginning with the silent movie era through present…
