Videogames and ’80s Hollywood Masculinity: A Love Story
Videogames are stuck in the era of Rambo.
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Stillness is the move
From Tokyo Story to Kentucky Route Zero, art speaks through silence.
The Archer is bringing intertitles to VR, and it works
I experienced director Jessica Kantor’s The Archer on Samsung’s Gear VR headset, a $200 piece of kit that, if you believe its manufacturer, “lets you feel the world beyond your peripheral vision.” I did not experience the world beyond my peripheral vision, and was all the happier for it. Clocking in
The Witch is an atavistic Puritan nightmare for the ages
We’re still rounding up Fantastic Fest, bringing you impressions of our favorite films shown at the event. For all of our hot, hot takes, head over here. /// To properly explain The Witch to you, I need to give you two pieces of context. One: I grew up in rural Vermont. My house was sat off a dirt r
Green Room is a merciless, punk-as-sh*t siege movie
We’re at Fantastic Fest this week and are bringing you impressions of our favorite films shown at the event. For all of our hot, hot takes, head over here. /// “I like murder,” Green Room director Jeremy Saulnier confessed in a post-screening Q&A. This comes as no surprise. You might know Saulnier’s