Doug Jones has portrayed myriad humanoid creatures for Guillermo del Toro. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jones has starred in 5 of del Toro’s previous films — Mimic, Hellboy, Hellboy II, Pan’s Labyrinth and Crimson Peak — as well as the director’s FX television series The Strain. “Jones’ roles… Continue Reading
Director Todd Haynes has had a successful career making offbeat yet successful films like Safe, Far From Heaven, I’m Not Here and many more. Recently he was interviewed at the Locarno Film Festival in Italy and made the following observation… Continue Reading
Dame Helen Mirren was born 72 years ago today at Queen Charlotte’s Hospital in West London. Well known for her many roles of film, stage, and television, she is the only person to have portrayed both Queen Elizabeth I (2005) and… Continue Reading
Just came across this IndieGoGo campaign to fund a “video art ritual” that seeks to address “Climate change, polarized politics, increased hate and violence, mass species extinction, gentrification, corporate greed” on a mystical level. The work is being done by… Continue Reading
Melvin Jerome Blanc was known best as an American voice actor, but he was also an actor, radio comedian, and recording artist. Born May 30, 1908, in San Francisco, he is best remembered for his work in animation as the… Continue Reading
The BBC is basically the standard in what good TV should be. It shouldn’t be surprising that their new documentary, “The Summer of Love, How Hippies changed the World” would be just as interesting and informative. The surprising part of… Continue Reading
Earlier this year, the New York Times surveyed a number of vintage late 20th century occult themed films including several by cult director Michael Reeves as well as the notorious “Lair Of The White Worm” directed by Ken Russell (we… Continue Reading
If you go to https://www.google.com/ today and click on their banner a quote appears from one Oskar Fischinger saying “Music is not limited to the world of sound. There exists a music of the visual world.” Then a screen pops… Continue Reading
Earlier this year, IndieWire.com posted a news story about the recreation of the director’s cut of Ken Russell’s most provocative film, The Devils, noting that it was available for streaming online. So in case you hadn’t fully blocked out all… Continue Reading
The 7th Night of Thelema I met the irrepresable Italian Director, Writer, Producer Gianluigi Perrone in Beijing some years back who tracked me down and insisted that we meet to talk about Magick! Gian has two shorts that made the… Continue Reading