Panic Like It’s 1999: Analyze This, The Sopranos, and Mob Men in TherapyThe whole doctor-patient confidentiality except in the case of crimes committed and threatened makes mobsters going to therapy a difficult needle to thread. If the point of therapy is to open up without reservations, having to sidestep the emotional… Jun 22 23June 22, 2023Article at Crime Reads
Isolation in New Media Found Footage Horror: Host (2020), Deadstream (2022), and We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (2022)Devin McGrath-Conwell It is only fitting that as technology and the consumption of media evolves that the found footage genre would progress in turn. If flashpoints such as The Blair Witch Project (1999) and Paranormal Activity (2007) codified the… Jun 10 23June 10, 2023Article at Horror Homeroom
Short Film Gives Nick Stefani’s Mountain Skate Park One Last RideSkateboarding and filmmaking have always been linked for Williston-based Nick Stefani. Growing up in Richmond during the early 2000s, he got interested in climbing on the board after stumbling across tapes of skaters and snowboarders at video stores… Apr 05 23April 05, 2023Article at Seven Days
Feb Celebration 2023The life of a Feb at Middlebury is bookended by winter and its unpredictability. More than a few classes have moved in or out of their dorms in the middle of a February snowstorm. For the Class of 2022.5, Vermont had one last frigid surprise in the… Feb 09 23February 09, 2023Article at Middlebury College
‘The Outwaters’ (2023) Review – A Freight Train of Cosmic HorrorWhen done well, found footage horror scythes through all our “it’s just a movie” defense mechanisms to terrify on a singular level. The phenomenon that was The Blair Witch Project (1999) embodies how unnerving the genre can be. Filmmakers break down… Feb 09 23February 09, 2023Article at Geek Vibes Nation
‘Kim’s Video’ Sundance 2023 Review – A Zany and Charming Doc About Cinematic LegacyI am old enough to have enjoyed the waning glory days of movie rental spots. My southern Maine hometown had a Movie Gallery. Anytime my parents took me down to pick something out it was a glorious day. They had a closeout sale when doom was… Jan 20 23January 20, 2023Article at Geek Vibes Nation
‘Broker’ (2022) Review – Humanist Masterclass from Kore-edaBroker (2022) continues writer-director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s run of earnest examinations of fractured families, blood-related and otherwise. This newest film unfolds in Korea, where Sang-hyeon (Song Kang-ho) and Dong-soo (Gang Dong-won) work as baby… Dec 26 22December 26, 2022Article at Geek Vibes Nation
Noah Segan Talks Vampires, Judaism, And ‘Blood Relatives’ (2022)When the Zoom screen opened up, Noah Segan, the writer/director/star of Blood Relatives (2022) sat in his garage with a 1969 Barracuda Fastback, his car from the film, gleaming behind him. Blood Relatives marks Segan’s feature directorial debut after… Nov 17 22November 17, 2022Article at Geek Vibes Nation
Evil Never Dies: Michael Myers’ Enduring AppealThe tagline for Halloween Kills (2021) may have been “evil dies tonight,” but when it comes to Michael Myers that is never quite the case. Since he first slow-walked on screen in Halloween (1978), Myers has persevered. Shoot him six times so he falls… Oct 15 22October 15, 2022Article at Filmhounds Magazine
The Life and Afterlives of 'Nosferatu' (1922)This article originally appeared in the Oct/Nov 2022 print issue of Filmhounds Magazine. No one was supposed to remember F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu (1922). At least, not if Bram Stoker’s widow, Florence, succeeded. Though Murnau and his team never… Oct 14 22October 14, 2022Article at Filmhounds Magazine
Goblin, But Make It Sexy: David Bowie In ‘Labyrinth’ (1986)With Brett Morgen’s documentary Moonage Daydream (2022) hitting cinemas, it seems only fitting to slip into David Bowie-spotlight mode. Morgan’s documentary offers a career-spanning look at Bowie’s singular presence and influence on music and pop… Sep 14 22September 14, 2022Article at Geek Vibes Nation
GVN Interview: Alli Haapasalo on Directing ‘Girl Picture’ (2022)Girl Picture (2022) premiered at Sundance in January to great acclaim, securing the coveted Audience Award at the festival’s close. A tender coming-of-age tale, Girl Picture follows three young Finnish women as they work to discover and define… Aug 10 22August 10, 2022Article at Geek Vibes Nation
Seeking Justice for the Armenian Genocide, One Story at a TimeLaunched as a Project for Peace in 2017, the Rerooted Archive celebrates five years of documenting stories from Armenians displaced by conflict. Founded and continued by friends Anoush Baghdassarian and Ani Schug, Rerooted has grown into an… Aug 10 22August 10, 2022Article at Middlebury College
What’s in a Nose? A Pop Culture InvestigationIn one of many soliloquies, this time from Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare poses the question “What’s in a name?” Spoken by Juliet, the line reads, “That by which we call a rose / By any other name would smell just a sweet.” The passage calls… Aug 05 22August 05, 2022Article at Filmhounds Magazine
GVN Interview: Dale Dickey Talks ‘A Love Song’ (2022)Dale Dickey has been acting nearly her entire life. A veteran character actress who has appeared in everything from My Name is Earl (2005-2009) to Palm Springs (2020), she belongs to that rare contingent of performers who always elevate a project… Jul 30 22July 30, 2022Article at Geek Vibes Nation
Oh Captain, My Captain: On Christopher Pike’s MasculinityIn its opening minutes, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022-) finds Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) tucked away on a snowy ranch. Newly bearded up, Pike’s self-grounded after a recent brush with existential dread. An apocalyptic vision… Jul 20 22July 20, 2022Article at Geek Vibes Nation
‘Both Sides of the Blade’ (2022) Review: Aching Portrait of Doomed LoveWe humans are basically sentient balls of chaos loosed onto one another. Every interaction is an equation of hormones, traumas, passions, and imperfect memories of all of them crashing into one another. And, yet, we keep trying. We collectively… Jul 12 22July 12, 2022Article at Geek Vibes Nation
Jay Parini on Literature, Learning, and Loving VermontAlumni and Families 700 Exchange St. Middlebury, VT 05753 As the D.E. Axinn Professor of English and Creative Writing, Jay Parini is a force in the Middlebury College writing community. Since joining the English department faculty in 1982, Parin Jul 06 22July 06, 2022Article at Middlebury College
‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ is Exactly What Franchise TV Should BeWhen Spock and James Kirk first went where no one had gone before in 1966, it’s hard to imagine anyone expected Star Trek (1966-1969) to birth a global franchise. In the subsequent 56 years, Star Trek has released TV shows, movies, conventions, and… Jul 04 22July 04, 2022Article at Filmhounds Magazine
‘Blue Velvet’ (1986) Is The Perfect July 4th MovieBlue sky pans down to a white-picket fence and red roses while the first notes of Bobby Vinton’s “Blue Velvet” ring out. A cross-dissolve takes us to a ruby red fire engine with a waving firefighter and Dalmatian. The montage continues. Glimpses of… Jul 03 22July 03, 2022Article at Geek Vibes Nation
‘Palm Springs’ and the Other Flawless Kate Bush Needle DropIt’s been over 35 years since Kate Bush released her fifth album “Hounds of Love.” Thanks to Stranger Things season four, the lead single from that album has rocketed up the global charts. Yes, “Running Up that Hill (A Deal With God)” is currently so… Jun 23 22June 23, 2022Article at Geek Vibes Nation
