The Criterion Shelf: Grindhouse Gothic – Roger Corman Directs Edgar Allan Poe
Revisiting Roger Corman's film adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories, including The Raven, Tales of Terror, and The Red Mask of Death.
literature
The Lesson Review: A Moody Beach Read
The Lesson stars Daryl McCormack and Richard E. Grant in a semi-thriller about writers in a clash of egos.
Cobra Blu-ray Review
The symptoms of the disease may change but the cure always remains the same.
Page of the Wind Episodes 104 – 110
This week, we’re talking technobabble on Page of the Wind.
Page of the Wind Episodes 90 – 96
This week on the blog (the first of 2018), we’re going to talk about one of our favourite things in any fantasy story – the signs of Evil.
Page of the Wind Episodes 76 – 82
In this sequence, Kvothe (and us, the people) get our first look under the hood at the principles and inner workings of Sympathy – one of the main fantastical elements of The Kingkiller Chronicle.
Page of the Wind Episodes 55 – 61
In this week’s pages, we learn Kvothe’s titles, his epithets “Six-string, Shadicar,” and he tantalizes us with some of his famous deeds.
Loose Cannons Special #5 – Cobra
It's a Christmas miracle! Justin and Mathew brew some hot chocolate, throw a log on the fire, and take in the Cannon classic COBRA.
Loose Cannons Episode #58 – Contamination
On this week's episode, Justin and Mathew discuss the Euro Sleaze shocker CONTAMINATION!
Interview: Janet Lee on Pride and Prejudice
Eisner Award-winning artist Janet Lee on the new illustrated edition of Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen, and what superheroes eat for breakfast.
Game of Thrones: The Exhibition comes to the Lightbox
When TIFF announced earlier this year that A Song of Ice and Fire author George R. R. Martin would be coming to the Bell Lightbox in Toronto for a speaking engagement, fans of his novels and the HBO series it spawned were elated. The "In Conversation..." event sounded great, but we knew that a simple visit would not be the only thing that the film fest group had in store for Game of Thrones fans. And boy, did they not disappoint. Today, TIFF along with HBO Canada and Random House announced Game of Thrones: The Exhibition.
Book Shelf
Under the Dome Review
Last November I was privileged enough to witness a rare meeting of the minds and report on it for Dork Shelf. Cronenberg looks under King’s Dome detailed the filmmaker’s interview with Stephen King in front of a giddy audience at Toronto’s Canon Theatre. Although they covered many subjects it was primarily a promotional event for […]
