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Monsters Among Us

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One of our most basic and Primal needs as babies is to be protected. It’s not very well understood why we would seek out the very thing that leaves us open and vulnerable scared and excited at the same time. To glean some answers on this subject, we turn to Ria Pierce who claims she is not a professional on the topic but she unabashedly will bring her ‘larger-than-life’ self to this interview to help us discover what it is about horror films that make us love them, or not…So, enter if you dare. Ria has been working with Michael … Continue reading Monsters Among Us

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Shadow and Substance

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In this era of over bloated blockbusters and reboots of reboots its good to go back and reflect on what cinema once was – When motion pictures were black and white, but subjects and morals were layered in many shades of gray. This gray area is where writer producer Val Lewton thrived. Val Lewton was born in the Ukraine in 1904. Having left her husband, his mother took her children to Berlin and then emigrated to Port Chester, New York. Being raised in a household of nothing but women would later have an impact on the pictures he made as … Continue reading Shadow and Substance

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The Art of Vintage Paperback Novels.

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Back in the 70’s when I was a kid, every Friday evening after school my mother would take my sister and me to the shopping mall. While my sister and mom went looking at clothes I would hit the book stores that were ubiquitous to the shopping mall, B. Dalton, Pickwick and Walden books. This was my Louvre, my MET, these weekly ventures introduced me to the illustrated art of the paperback novel. In that time it seemed like cool illustrated art was everywhere, on trading cards like Topps Wacky Packages, Slurpee cups from 711, but none offered the lurid promises of the illustrated paperback novel … Continue reading The Art of Vintage Paperback Novels.

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Are you aware that those short films and concession stand blurbs before movies (including drive-ins) are called “Snipes” and have been being made by since 1919 by a company called Filmack Studios?

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-mov-0125-filmack-snipes-20130125-story.html If you are the proud owner of any old 16 or 35 mm films, keep them in archival containers to help prolong their viewing health. https://www.bagsunlimited.com/category/880/canistersboxes Continue reading Are you aware that those short films and concession stand blurbs before movies (including drive-ins) are called “Snipes” and have been being made by since 1919 by a company called Filmack Studios?