In the Flesh: The Favourite
There's an emotional distance to Yorgos Lanthimos' films, whether it's the stylistically flattened affect of The Lobster or the haunting, stunted range of Dogtooth. His latest,
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Thanks, I Hate It: Interstellar
“What if Kubrick had made 2001 as a Lifetime original movie?” isn’t a question I think needed answering, but in 2014 Christopher Nolan stepped boldly forward to do just that with his...
2019-01-25 22:44:32 +0000 UTC View PostThe Curing House
Calm down. She put her hand on the latch and closed her eyes, gulping sour air. Clean it. Just clean it. How bad could it be?
Joan opened the door. A thick, ripe reek that b...
2019-01-22 01:27:28 +0000 UTC View PostThanks, I Hate It: Wonder Woman
At a German gala held by the High Command at the height of World War I, American infiltrator Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) flirts by the fireplace with Isabel “Dr. Poison” Maru (Elena Anaya), a bad...
2019-01-18 22:33:03 +0000 UTC View PostThanks, I Hate It: Mad Max: Fury Road
There are impressive things in George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road. The stunt work is astounding, for one. The scene in which Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne) watches his soldier Nux (Nich...
2019-01-12 02:18:44 +0000 UTC View PostTom Horstmann's Cover
Here it is, ladies and germs. Tom Horstmann's (@horstmannart on twitter) staggering fucking body blow of a cover. We're so close to the finish line on this.
2019-01-11 22:31:17 +0000 UTC View PostThanks, I Hate It: Requiem for a Dream
If I were given total authority to wipe any art I chose out of existence, Requiem for a Dream wouldn’t exist. That’s it. Forrest Gump? Dumb, but it can stay. Mein Kampf? <...
2019-01-08 00:48:07 +0000 UTC View PostThanks, I Hate It: Michael Mann's 'HEAT'
I love Manhunter. Mann’s Red Dragon adaptation is smart, taut, empathetic, and stars the electrifying William Petersen, one of Hollywood’s great could-have-beens. The whole th...
2019-01-06 22:45:32 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the Black Banquet
Permanent link to our discord for talking shop, shooting shit, sharing work, etc.
2019-01-01 22:35:05 +0000 UTC View PostIntroducing "Thanks, I Hate It"
In the new year I'll be writing 1-2 short Patreon-exclusive essays a month on movies I can't fucking stand. When time and money permit, I'll make it weekly, but the general idea is that "Thanks, I ...
2018-12-31 19:12:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe Birth
“She’s not an ox,” said the midwife. “You can’t work her day and night when she’s so near her time.”
Arsène’s face was flushed. “Will she live?”
“She might. Ought...
2018-12-30 20:28:49 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER I: THE SUITOR
“He’ll have you without a dowry,” Joan’s father said from where he lay in his bed beside the window. “We won’t see another offer like it.”
Joan bit her cheek and tasted bloo...
2018-12-17 19:35:11 +0000 UTC View PostSKIN DEEP
The inner cover for my comic about dysmorphia, written by me and drawn by Garrett Young.
2018-12-10 23:11:54 +0000 UTC View PostFLENSING
Joan gathered herself and walked to the table, knotting her wet hair behind her head. Two knives lay beside the corpse. One was little more than a sharpened spike covered in pits and scratches. The ot...
2018-12-09 04:01:56 +0000 UTC View PostEHL Cover Preview
Early days on Tom Horstmann's beautiful cover for Ego Homini Lupus. Tom does unbelievable work and I'm very lucky to have snapped him up for this. You can find him on Twitter at @horstmannart...
2018-12-06 05:44:19 +0000 UTC View Post