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One of my weekend rituals is to sit back on Sunday morning and watch Noir Alley on Turner Classic Movies. The day starts right when host Eddie Muller picks out another tale from the dark side of life filled with shadows. One of the hallmarks of Film Noir is reminding

The post Valley of the Shadow: The Spiritual Value of Horror is now a book! appeared first on Battleship Pretension. The Valley of The Shadow: The Spiritual Value of Horror explores the surprising connection between horror and spirituality. Authors Tyler Smith and Reed Lackey argue that horror, with its monsters

The post Home Video Hovel: The Grifters, by Rudie Obias appeared first on Battleship Pretension. Director Stephen Frears has an interesting career to say the least. He firmly sits at the crossroads of auteur filmmaker and journeyman director. While he’s made a number outstanding films in his time, like High

Teruo Ishii was a one-man film industry in 1969. The Japanese director based at Toei Studios had nine films come out that year. To put that into perspective, Quentin Tarantino has only directed 9 films so far. This was a memorable time for Ishii since the year started with Orgies

After the recent success of Belle, director Mamoru Hosoda’s earlier films are coming to America on 4K UHD. Summer Wars arrives in April. The film is about a high schooler accused of hacking a virtual world by a less than truthful AI program. Wolf Children gets an August release. The