One totally reasonable reaction to damaged industrial music is to turn it off. No matter how impressively it might creep and writhe and explode, the sheer hostility and balefulness of the blown-out everything can be hard to take in heavy doses. New York duo Uniform, who happily tip their hat to Big Black, navigate that […]
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Learning to appreciate Christmas movies
Why Christmas haters can still appreciate Christmas movies
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Dead Man, The Producers, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week
Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.
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Kangaroo huntin’, mate! and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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“Shades of Bacchus!” Joe Dante Talks W.C. Fields
One of my favorite series at the Toronto International Film Festival is Dialogues: Talking With Pictures, in which directors presenting their own work at the festival take time for a side appearance to introduce and talk about one of their own favorites. Joe Dante—director of such horror/fantasy features as Piranha (1978), The Howling (1981), Gremlins […]