Buddy / Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma: A Double Feature
Two new release films explore the nature of reality and media with weirdness and aplomb.
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Octopus Tentacles #4: Bleak Week Edition
In which I attend a queer film festival and things get bleak.
With the Infinite: 'Conversations on Faith'
A look at Martin Scorsese's book about religion, faith, and morality.
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
In case you wondered where 'Ecco the Dolphin' came from.
Review: I Watched 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' in a Vibrating Chair
The best part was the chair.
I Love 'I Love Boosters' Boosters
I am admittedly guilty of using a different definition of "boosters".
Trans Witchcraft: The Films of Alice Maio Mackay, Part 2
On the occasion of the release of 'The Serpent's Skin,' I examine the young director's singular filmography.
New Transgenre Cinema: The Films of Alice Maio Mackay, Part 1
On the occasion of the release of 'The Serpent's Skin,' I examine the young director's singular filmography.
Octopus Tentacles #3: I Still Haven't Watched 'Melania'
In which I change the name of this segment and watch some trans cinema.
Videohell
Ongoing Reflections on Physical Media, Part 5
The Joys of Joe Begos
An appreciation of the director of 'Bliss' and 'VFW'.
Octopus Reading List #2: VHS Forever
In which I watch the Oscars and VHS tapes.
politics
I Skipped the 'Melania' Movie and You Should Too
I didn't watch it, but you still don't have to.
trans
Land of Confusion
Superman, where are you now? (He's in this movie and he sucks.)
film
Octopus Reading List #1: "Porno Popcorn Buckets"
In which I read books by A.S. Hamrah and Melissa Anderson and question the bad taste of 'God Awful Movies'.
television
TVism
[Here’s another piece of writing from my backlog. It’s brief and I’m not sure how it holds up, but I also pledged to publish something today and nothing new is ready. So here w TV: it's considered an archaic term for an evolving form. Recently
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'Unstrung Nerves' is now 'Octopus Goes to the Movies'
I'm trying a big revamp here.
horror
Holiday Pick: Carnage for Christmas
Come for the Christmas, stay for the Carnage.
film
The Subtle Auteur: Rob Reiner
Rob Reiner was a filmmaker so unconfined by stylistic authorship that he made some of the best films of all time.
film
Dispatches from DFF48, Part 2
I attended the 48th Denver Film Festival, and here's what I saw.
film
Dispatches from DFF48, Part 1
I attended the 48th Denver Film Festival, and here's what I saw.
queer
Notes on CinemaQ 2025 (Overdue)
A long-delayed look at Denver's premiere celebration of queer film.
horror
Holiday Pick: Halloween III
Watch the magic pumpkin!
documentary
Megadoc: A Film's Apocalypse
Little by little, we went inane.