How did we get here, man? What the fuck happened?

The first two Hellraiser films are sublime works of art on top of being excellent horror films. I really can’t praise them enough. Hellraiser 3 on the other hand is a cynical, lazy Hollywood sequel that forgets nearly everything that made the first two special in service of turning Pinhead into Freddy Krueger. The shift from a British production to American is one of those watershed moments. One of those…

“We live inside a dream”- Agent Philip Jeffries, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

Now before you call me a pretentious ding dong (your words, not mine) for comparing Twin Peaks to The Matrix, dig on this: we went to a screening of The Matrix at the beautiful Coolidge Corner Theatre. Before the movie was a 20 minute mini seminar from a gentleman who wrote a book about Simulation Theory. He seemed like a nice guy. That being said, Simulation…

Got to watch this in a big theater with a big crowd of enthusiastic Queer people, of which I am now openly a part of. Truly wonderful to have a communal experience with this beautiful film. A room full of laughter in these ever increasing dark times was soothing to the soul. And many people hadn’t seen it yet, my girlfriend included. I love nothing more than sharing art I love with the people I love. And while the film…