Vice magazine brings us a report on movies that include unsimulated sex scenes, including Love, Nymphomaniac, Starlet, and Stranger by the Lake. Most have been produced abroad and only received a limited US release, which isn’t as affected by an NC-17 rating. Still, despite the… Continue Reading
Seems like everyone is trying to work out what the Occult Art Explosion in NY is all about? Strange Magic: Why occult-based art is about to cross your radar (if it hasn’t already) “This week, NYU’s WSE80 Gallery, next to… Continue Reading
Vice has posted an interview with filmmaker Aleksey Fedorchenko whose ‘Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari,’ explores the rituals of a pagan tribe in the Russian Urals. The article states: The film is compiled from 23 stories of 23 women—an occasionally… Continue Reading
Eleusyve Productions is announcing a 10 hour YouTube event – livestreaming video of all the productions of the Rites of Eleusis they’ve completed with LIVE commentary tomorrow: Saturday Nov 28, 2015 12noon – 10PM PST. This is in an effort more… Continue Reading
With anticipation building for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, fans are revisiting the much-hated prequels. Are they as bad as we remember? Jesse Hassenger of the AV Club says no. “Some of this is understandable. The very best sequels and prequels… Continue Reading
Emily E. Auger’s new book, Cartomancy and Tarot in Film: 1940–2010 (Intellect, 2016) is now available for pre-order in hardcover; an ebook edition is also expected. From the publisher’s website: In the first book-length study of Tarot cards on the… Continue Reading
The Baltimore Sun reminds us: “Even in death, Divine — the larger-than-life drag queen made famous in John Waters’ films — lives on.” Today, October 19, 2015, would have been Divine’s 70th birthday. Divine was a mainstay of John Waters films, notably… Continue Reading
As Liber Oz avers: “Man has the right to love as he will, when where and with whom he will.” “With whom” should cover all age groups whose members are able to actually give full consent… including folks who are… Continue Reading
Although the novel was once the topic of obscenity trials, and could not be published in an unexpurgated form in Britain until 1960, this year’s BBC version of Lady Chatterly’s Lover will not include sex scenes, the Guardian reports. “The… Continue Reading
okayafrica.com reports: “Nigerian writer, director and producer Nosa Igbinedion‘s superhero film Oya: Rise of the Orishas… reimagines the Orishas (folkloric deities of West African origin with mythical powers) as a band of crusaders fighting against evil forces. …Igbinedion’s short film has scored… Continue Reading