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Writing about art, cult, and horror cinema, etc. https://lefthandpath.substack.com/ Currently open to commissions for new writing and video essays!
I am back to discussing The Surreal and The Weird, with a particular look at Harry Kümel’s Malpertuis (1971). The Weird nature of Malpertuis comes from Jean Ray, author of the original 1943 novel.
#surrealism #theweird #malpertuis #harrykümel #luisbuñuel #jeanray
Here are my favorite new movies from 2025 and new-to-me from past years. Good luck in 2026, folks.
#filmwiritng #filmcriticism #filmsky #moviesky #theshrouds #theicetower #cronenberg #Hadžihalilović #serienoire #blondedeath #lamnaichoi #andmore #marioncotillard
In a way, we start at the beginning of the Cronenberg alphabet as the two movies are about a couple of his favorite subjects: capital "A" Art and capital "B" Body.
#cronenberg #theshrouds #crimesofthefuture #filmsky #moviesky #myartkeepsmesane
Looking at Cronenberg’s adaptation of Naked Lunch as the central core of his career. It is the beginning of his mature period and feels much like an artistic manifesto. Not a movie about movies, but a work of art about the artistic process.
#cronenberg #nakedlunch #burroughs #filmsky #moviesky
Thrilled that I got to contribute an essay to this release of Daughters of Darkness, one of my favorite films! Happy to be included among work by many other great writers including Lindsay Hallam, Virginie Sélavy, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Martyn Conterio, and Kat Ellinger.
#filmsky #radiance
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
08.10.2025 20:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
New capsule up! The movie gives me some hope for American cinema.
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#onebattleafteranother #french75 #dicaprio #chaseinfiniti #filmsky #moviesky
In which I coin the term "art school beauty"
#filmsky #moviesky #decoder #liquidsky #williamsburroughs #beatniks #beatnikpictures
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I started the substack a couple years ago with a few essays on Buñuel, and I am back with some more thoughts on Uncle Luis in the latest capsule. Not to mention Uncle Jean-Luc stopping by to poke the bear as well.
#lefthandpath #filmsky #moviesky #satire #surrealism
The first in a small series of essays about Beat and Beatsploitation cinema!
#beatnik #beatsploitation #filmsky #moviesky #bucketofblood #dickmiller #rogercorman #andmore
Things to come.
#filmcriticism #filmsky #moviesky #somuchmore #beatnikpictures #dewaere
One of the best Cage movies in years.
#filmsky #moviesky #thesurfer #nicolascage #capsulereview
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#filmsky #moviesky #comingsoon #summerbreak
Wish I had time to write part 3 to this, but for now I'm settling with this essay focusing on Psycho, Last Year at Marienbad, and The Silence!
#filmsky #moviesky #hotelpictures #psycho #lastyearatmarienbad #thesilence
"It is easy to call the events an urban legend, but unlike most of those, the mall apartment is actually a true story."
#filmsky #moviesky #secretmallapartment #providence
Before the world made sense, Mariana Enriquez told stories — where the vampires looked a little too much like family.
In the newest episode of #FIRSTWORDONHORROR, the best-selling author leads us back to those haunted beginnings — where survival meant storytelling, and monsters were always close.
New essay up! I’m writing about hotel pictures this month. This edition primarily covers Touch of Evil (1958), Dirty Pretty Things (2002), and Daughters of Darkness (1971).
#hotelpictures #daughtersofdarkness #touchofevil #dirtyprettythings #filmsky #moviesky
#letterboxd #intruder #filmsky #moviesky
18.04.2025 13:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
2025 continuously reminds me of Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, and while it's a great movie, that can't be healthy.
#investigationofacitizenabovesuspicion #eliopetri #gianmariavolonté #florindabolkan #filmsky #moviesky
Continuing my series of capsule reviews about movies seen in theaters, we have--
#filmsky #moviesky #davidlynch #wildatheart #nicolascage #lauradern
“Haven’t you realized that we’re tricking them?” That sinking feeling in The Silence of the Sea when Howard Vernon realizes he is an actual Nazi.
#filmsky #moviesky #silenceofthesea #howardvernon #jeanpierremelville #theunmakingoffascistaesthetics
Next month I am writing about a couple movies in context to one of my favorite academic books, The Unmaking of Fascist Aesthetics by Kriss Ravetto.
#filmsky #moviesky #unmakingfascism #silenceofthesea #investigationofacitizenabovesuspicion
Happy to get my contributor copy of Dirty Arthouse #4, in which I had the pleasure of contextualizing ANORA within the historic, dirty arthouse spirit! Available from @filmsradiance.bsky.social !!!
#dirtyarthouse #radiancefilms #filmsky #moviesky #anora #seanbaker #mikeymadison
New Herzog interview. Always captivating.
#herzog #filmsky #moviesky
Part 2! This covers the melding of genres with Room 13 (1964), Creature with the Blue Hand (1967), Double Face (1969), and What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)
#krimi #giallo #filmsky #moviesky #genrecinema #kinski #camillekeaton #andmore
Thanks for sharing!
17.03.2025 23:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New capsule review up! This movie won the Jury and Performance prizes at Cannes last year.
#souleymanesstory #filmsky #moviesky #frenchcinema
New Writing Up! I talk about the difference between Kinski’s work in the krimi vs the New German CInema era, before focusing on Dead Eyes of London (1961), The Secret of the Red Orchid (1962), The Inn on the River (1962), and The Strange Countess (1961).
#filmsky #moviesky #klauskinski #krimi
This is worth a read-- newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...
06.03.2025 14:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Titles I'm writing about this month--
#krimi #klauskinski #giallo #filmsky #moviesky
