daily scream: coldly elegant postapocalyptic misery
2017’s It Comes at Night is on Kanopy in the US, Prime in the UK.
loaded question: what’s a music album that you fear not enough people realize is perfect?
Expanding the entertainment conversation beyond movies (though obviously you can pick a film score or compilation soundtrack if you like)…
more bad news: RIP my uncle, John Benton-Harris (update: the Guardian ran an obit)
My year of hell continues…
daily scream: flesh and blood… so much blood
2017’s Raw is on Apple TV and YouTube on both sides of the Atlantic (and other services, too).
Killers of the Flower Moon movie review: blood for oil (London Film Festival 2023)
A great American filmmaker on a memory-holed chapter of American history at the intersection of colonialism and toxic masculinity. Massive, epic, and essential. Scorches the earth of our complacency.
daily scream: hell is full, 21st-century style
2004’s Dawn of the Dead is on Starz in the US, Netflix in the UK (and lots of other services too!).
daily scream: when we ordinary mortals are the monsters
2014’s Only Lovers Left Alive is on Hulu in the US, Mubi in the UK (and lots of other services, too).
daily scream: is there someone inside you?
1973’s The Exorcist is on Max in the US, BBC iPlayer in the UK (but leaving soon).
Foe movie review: scenes from an apocalyptic marriage (London Film Festival 2023)
The young cast is mesmerizing, but all this dusty dystopia has is vibes and vague metaphors. It only just barely touches on the potential of its science-fiction ideas to explore the human condition.
daily scream: when ghosts of the past still haunt the present
2019’s Doctor Sleep is on Hulu in the US, Prime in the UK (and many other services, too).
