[NORTH BEND FILM FESTIVAL] ‘THE EL DUCE TAPES’ REVEALS THE MAN BEHIND THE SCUM
Cult punk-rock icon Eldon Hoke gets a proper working over in the raw, often skin-crawlingly uncomfortable THE EL DUCE TAPES.
[NORTH BEND FILM FESTIVAL] ‘MONUMENT’ IS A RAW, THEATRICAL TONE POEM STARRING THE FUTURE OF POLISH HORROR
MONUMENT takes a bunch of film school kids, throws them in the woods with some cameras and a script, and makes unnerving magic.
[ZINE] A TRIP TO THE WOODS: DESCENT TOWARDS INHERENT EVIL IN ‘ANTICHRIST’ AND ‘THE CALL OF THE SIMPSONS’
Lars von Trier’s ‘Antichrist and John Swartzwelder’s “The Call of the Simpsons” from the series The Simpsons — both stories that explicitly connect the woods to Eden — the trip results in a transformation of understanding and form.
[ZINE] “THE QUEEN MUST RIDE ALONE”: FINDING ETERNAL STRENGTH, COMMUNITY & BLISS IN ‘MIDSOMMAR’
Her smile at the end is freedom. It’s eternal bliss. It’s finding peace within herself, and it’s finally finding a home.