Tag Archives: Science fiction

Saturday Matinee: Rakka

Posted on November 30, 2019 by

From Oats Studios Rakka is the story of broken humanity following the invasion of a technologically superior alien species. Bleak, harrowing and unrelenting, the humans we meet must find enough courage to go on fighting. Directed by Neill Blomkamp and … Continue reading →

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Cyberpunk is Dead

Posted on November 24, 2019 by

By John Semley Source: The Baffler “It was an embarrasser; what did I want? I hadn’t thought that far ahead. Me, caught without a program!” —Bruce Bethke, “Cyberpunk” (1983) Held annually in a downtown L.A. convention center so massive and … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: John Dies at the End

Posted on October 26, 2019 by

“John Dies at the End” (2012) is a sci-fi/horror/comedy written and directed by Don Coscarelli and based on David Wong’s novel of the same name. Like Phantasm, it’s a cross-genre cult film involving an inter-dimensional invasion by body-snatching aliens, but … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Corporate Monster

Posted on October 19, 2019 by

By Rob Munday Source: Short of the Week From New Coke to the New World Order, conspiracy theories are rich throughout history and that stranger you meet in the bar, or family member you get stuck with at a wedding, … Continue reading →

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The Varieties of Psychonautic Experience: Erik Davis’s ‘High Weirdness’

Posted on September 8, 2019 by

By Michael Grasso Source: We Are the Mutants High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Experience in the Seventies By Erik Davis Strange Attractor Press/MIT Press, 2019 Two months ago, I devoured Erik Davis’s magisterial 2019 book High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Quest

Posted on July 20, 2019 by

By Jonathan Crow Source: Open Culture Saul Bass was one of the greatest graphic designers who ever lived. He created the logos for such ubiquitous organizations as AT&T, United Airlines and the Girl Scouts of America. He revolutionized the art … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Southland Tales

Posted on July 6, 2019 by

In defence of Southland Tales – Richard Kelly’s futuristic folly The director’s much-maligned second feature is a vigorous piece of pulp for the 21st century. By Dominic Jaeckle Source: Little White Lies It’s November 2016, and Richard Kelly is sat … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Endangered Species

Posted on June 15, 2019 by

A Strange Harvest: Alan Rudolph’s ‘Endangered Species’ By Michael Grasso, K.E. Roberts, Richard McKenna Source: We Are the Mutants GRASSO: When our esteemed editor-in-chief recommended we look this week at the little-heralded-nor-remembered Endangered Species from 1982, I was cautiously optimistic. A … Continue reading →

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