A Walk into the Sea: Danny Williams and The Warhol Factory is director Esther Robinson‘s personal inquiry into the truth behind her Uncle Danny Williams’ mysterious 1966 disappearance. Virtually unknown today, Danny was Andy Warhol’s lover, and a promising young filmmaker. The discovery of 20 never-before-seen films William’s made during his time at the Factory– […]
Read More About Danny Williams’ DeathThough a teaser trailer for The Ring vs. The Grudge (aka Sadako vs. Kayako) was already released, today we’re getting to a more complete glimpse into the meeting of the two scariest late 90s/early 00s Japanese cinematic spirits with exceedingly distinctive gaits. Kadokawa and NBCUniversal’s mashup film originated last year as an April Fool’s […]
Read More Sadako vs. Kayako Teaser TrailerFURTHER! So much has been written about the sixties, sometimes it’s hard to tell myth from reality. Such is the case with the story of Ken Kesey and the Merry Band of Pranksters. In 1964 they took a storied bus trip from California to New York and back. Some see it as the launching point […]
Read More The Merry Pranksters’ Magic TripThe Ultimate Shocking Manga Style! Adults Only! Just a fast introduction if you are new to this. The Erotic Grotesque genre in novels is inspired from the famous writer Rampo Edogawa from the Taisho Japanese era (1912-1926), father of the detective story and author of numerous novels were erotism is intertwined with grotesque (ex: The Human Chair and Imomushi). […]
Read More Ero-GuroThe Origins Now remember this is just some unsorted links related in some way to the roots of what was to become cyberpunk. Motorhead was the first band to reunite punks and headbangers. The term ‘heavy metal‘ first appears in print in William Burroughs’ 1962 novel The Soft Machine. His character Uranian Willy is described […]
Read More Wild Cards – CYBERPUNKHimizu Format: Cinema Release date: 1 June 2012 Distributor: Third Window Films Director: Sion Sono, Japan Writer: Sion Sono Based on the manga by: Minoru Furuya Cast: Shôta Sometani, Fumi Nikaidô, Tetsu Watanabe Directed by Sion Sono, who brought us Suicide Club (2001), and more recently Cold Fish (2010), Himizu is an urgent and topical film. […]
Read More Sion Sono InterviewBeing on Earth! By ANDREW DOMINIK Photography CRAIG MCDEAN Nick Cave’s mind is a deep spring of dark beauty and improbable inspirations. He is a restless creator, skipping blithely across genres and forms, from music and literature to screenwriting, acting, and even theater. After cutting his teeth in the late ’70s and early ’80s with […]
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