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New today on the site:
“Pedro Almodóvar’s LAW OF DESIRE repurposes the classic melodrama to tell a series of suppressed narratives with the visual & sentimental poetry they merit.” -@UrsulaMunozS13
(art by @haystackmanning)
https://t.co/cfN81dJ8ob
TOMORROW ON THE SITE:
Our #1987InFilm issue continues with @UrsulaMunozS13 on Pedro Almodovar's 1987 vivid and complex melodrama, LAW OF DESIRE!
(featuring new artwork by @haystackmanning!)
FOR THE NIGHT CROWD:
The #1987InFilm issue continues!
@Ethan_Warren_ visits RAISING ARIZONA, where he locates the Coens' cosmic/comic hell of The Grand Canyon State--but also a dreamy transcendence, like a flower in the desert.
🎨: @haystackmanning
https://t.co/Ajr7hpYD7C
Our #1987InFilm issue burns through the deeply moral yet strangely Looney Tooned universe of RAISING ARIZONA, w/ @Ethan_Warren_’s stunning essay locating the transcendence that beats in the film’s silly heart.
Featuring gorgeous art by @haystackmanning
https://t.co/Ajr7hpYD7C
TOMORROW:
Our #1987InFilm issue continues!
Until then, dig deep into our 1987 vaults with this @nickgreergkcin piece on the original PREDATOR, with art by @studiotstella:
https://t.co/8z3VLUBaQF
FOR THE NIGHT/VAMP CROWD:
We begin our #1987InFilm issue with NEAR DARK!
@dodgyboffin takes an incredible deep dive into its bloodied assault on America's mythology of the West. Finger-lickin' good!
Featuring the otherworldy art of @haystackmanning:
https://t.co/JVM1SKBbla
@dodgyboffin @haystackmanning "Paxton's Severen is a double myth come to life: the vampire, murdering to keep himself alive, & the settler, colonizing the bar & claiming its territory for his own."
-@dodgyboffin on 1987's spurs 'n fangs vamp western, NEAR DARK.
🎨: @haystackmanning
https://t.co/JVM1SKBbla
New today on the site:
Our #1987InFilm issue kicks off with @dodgyboffin sinking her teeth deep into the neck NEAR DARK (and how it bloodies the myths of American individualism and Westerns), featuring stunning new art by @haystackmanning!
https://t.co/JVM1SKBbla
The Mind’s Eye: On THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY https://t.co/rSyzBfKtjL
"It’s a wild libertarian fantasy, the idea that the individual, if noble of spirit—that is, possessing American virtues or simply American firepower—can oppose powers larger than he is."
-@nickgreergkcin on PREDATOR
(🎨: @studiotstella)
#1987InFilm
https://t.co/8z3VLUBaQF