By: Emily von Seele
Like its titular character, The Book Of Birdie defies categorization. It is very much a film that doesn’t easily fit any label and floats freely around the minds of its viewers; it embodies no particular genre, instead choosing to be a little bit of everything and capturing the imagination along the way.
Nolan is joined by Ben McBride, Kat Adams, and Thomas Foster to discuss John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978) and James Cameron’s The Terminator (1984). The group runs through recent horror releases and discoveries before being stalked and terrorized by two of the most iconic unrelenting, inhuman killers.
By: Emily von Seele
Lorena Villarreal’s Silencio is an interesting and emotional meditation on loss, grief, and a life lived.
Nolan is joined by Ben McBride, Paul Farrell, Thomas Foster, and Philip Yount to discuss Thom Eberhardt’s Sole Survivor (1984) and David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows (2015). The group catches up on a big batch of recent horror discoveries and rewatches before being relentlessly pursued by the specter of death.
On this Off-Topic episode, Nolan is joined by Emily von Seele and special guest Trace Thurman from Bloody Disgusting to discuss the many great new genre movies they caught at this year’s amazing Fantastic Fest.
By: Emily von Seele
One of my favorite films to come out of this year’s Fantastic Fest was the sci-fi tale of friendship and resilience, Level 16. Set in the Vestalis Academy for girls, the film focuses on Vivien (Katie Douglas) and Sophia (Celina Martin), two girls who have spent years living and being trained in the institution. The prison-like school adheres to a strict code of conduct, preparing girls for eventual adoption by wealthy families. The girls are being trained to be perfect daughters and young women — they obey a strict set of rules, striving to be obedient, sweet, and clean.
By: Nolan McBride
Between Worlds is a new supernatural thriller about a trucker named Joe (Nicolas Cage) who falls in with Julie (Franka Potente), a single mother with the ability to send her spirit between the world of the living and the dead. Following an accident, Julie tries to pull her daughter Billie (Penelope Mitchell) from a coma using her abilities, but something (or someone else) intervenes, resulting in a very different Billie waking up and an unexpected love triangle. I don’t want to spoil the plot any further, but the movie only gets weirder from there.
