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    “Beyond the Duplex Planet” Premieres March 12 at SXSW

    One of the most legendary figures in zine culture and spoken word music, David Greenberger, is the subject of new documentary "Beyond the Duplex Planet" which premieres March 12 at Austin's South By Southwest festival. Go here for showtimes. I've known about Greenberger for a long time; I began publishing a zine in the early 1990's and then an e-zine version of it in 1995....

    “Crime and Parody” Premieres at Big Sky Doc Fest Feb. 21

    In 2016, Parma, Ohio resident Anthony Novak created a Facebook page parodying his local police department. Though he deleted it after one day, soon afterwards he was arrested for an obscure felony: "disrupting public services." Though he won his trial, his lawsuit was dropped and this lead to the head writer of the comedy publication "The Onion" writing an amicus brief for the Supreme...
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    New Jean Rollin Doc Premieres on Arrow Streaming

    I confess I have never seen any of Jean Rollin’s films, but a new documentary about him has whetted my appetite for his work....

    “Huesera: The Bone Woman” opens in theaters today

    Making the threatened protagonist in a horror film a pregnant woman is a surefire way to double the anxiety and fear a spectator experiences....

    “Attachment” premieres on Shudder

    The 2022 horror film “Attachment” (premiering February 9 on the Shudder streaming service) takes its name from “dybbuk,” a term from Jewish mythology describing...

    Brooklyn Horror Film Fest: Wrap Up

    The Washington Post reported this week that 2022 was a huge year for horror films, perhaps because of post-pandemic desires for cinematic shocks or...

    Brooklyn Horror Film Festival: Dispatch One

    (above: still from "Mickey Dogface," a short film directed by Zach Fleming, from the "Local Invasion" showcase.) It’s October which means pumpkin in everything: pies,...

    Brooklyn Horror Film Fest: My Picks

    The 7th annual Brooklyn Horror Film Festival begins October 13 and runs until October 20. Go here for more info and to buy tickets...

    “Ringu” at Japan Society

    This Friday, October 7, the Japan Society of New York City will screen Hideo Nakata’s 1998 j-horror classic “Ringu” in their "monthly classics" series...

    Kino Lorber Launches Free Streaming Channel

    Kino Lorber recently launched a free streaming channel. It's available on the web, as an app for Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, iOS, and...