Oh Damn, I wrote a couple of things for the AV Club!?!

 So yeah.

MATTHIAS & MAXIME

STORIES WE TELL

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At the movies: Possessor

 So, Brandon Cronenberg has a new film out and it does the family name proud. It's exceptional. Deeply violent and upsetting in a most provocative and visceral way.

Beau Travail with Dave White

 

What with the awesome folx at Janus Films releasing a new 4K restoration of Claire Denis' BEAU TRAVAIL via virtual cinemas (you can do so via www.belcourt.org in Nashville), I called up dear friend and colleague Dave White (of the exceptional book Exile in Guyville and the Linoleum Knife podcast empire) to talk about this majestic work of flesh and fury.

At the movies: She Dies Tomorrow.

 

So Amy Seimetz' staggering new film She Dies Tomorrow is currently playing On Demand (but also for at least the rest of the week at some drive-ins around the country), and you owe it to yourself to check it out because it's great and cathartic.

At the (virtual) movies: The Painted Bird.

Already infamous from its debut at Venice in 2019, this movie is a lot. Like, way too much for most folk, and I'm including myself. If you thrive on the arthouse challenge, which can often be the subtitled equivalent of a frathouse dare, you may feel compelled to experience it. And it is a visceral and transformative experience.

Learning how things work. A talk with Kim Carnes.

So in the fulfillment of a lifelong dream, I got to talk to singer/songwriter/icon Kim Carnes about her 1985 album Barking At Airplanes. It was an amazing experience, and I'm glad to be able to share it with the public.

The Primal Stream (updated weekly)...

THE ADJUSTER

THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE EIGHTH DIMENSION

AFTER MIDNIGHT/SOMETHING ELSE

AGNES

AIRPORT 1975

ALIEN3 (Assembly Cut)

ALIENS (Director's Cut)

ALL ABOUT EVIL

ALL JACKED UP AND FULL OF WORMS

ALL THE HAUNTS BE OURS

AMERICAN UTOPIA

ANNE MURRAY'S CARIBBEAN CRUISE

ANNETTE

ANYTHING FOR JACKSON

THE APPLE

APRIL FOOL'S DAY

ARCADE

ARMY OF THE DEAD

THE ASSIGNMENT/(RE)ASSIGNMENT

ATHENA

ATLANTIQUE/ATLANTICS

THE BABYSITTER: KILLER QUEEN

BACURAU

BAD GIRL BOOGEY

BAD HAIR

BAD TRIP

THE BALTIMORONS

BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR

BASIC INSTINCT (UHD)

BASKIN

BATTLETRUCK/WARLORDS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

THE BEACH HOUSE

THE BEAST WITHIN

BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD DO THE UNIVERSE

BE-BE'S KIDS

BEGINNING

BELUSHI

BENEATH THE VALLEY OF THE ULTRAVIXENS

BENJAMIN

BEWARE THE SLENDERMAN

BEYOND THE INFINITE TWO MINUTES

BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS

THE BIG CRIME WAVE

BILL HADER AND JOHN MULANEY At The 92nd Street Y

BLACK BOOK (ZWARTBOEK)

THE BLACK CAT (1934)

THE BLACKCOAT'S DAUGHTER/FEBRUARY

BLACKHAT (Director's Cut)

THE BLACK HOLE

BLOOD QUANTUM

BLUE COLLAR

BMX BANDITS

BONES

BOOKS OF BLOOD

THE BOSS BABY: FAMILY BUSINESS

BOTTOMS

THE BOYS IN THE BAND (2020)

BOYS OF COUNTY HELL

BRAND NEW CHERRY FLAVOR

BREAKING GLASS

BREWSTER McCLOUD

BUTTBOY

BUTTERFLY KISSES

BWANA DEVIL 3D

BY DESIGN

CARD ZERO

THE CAT'S MEOW

CHEATERS

CHERRY FALLS

CHRISTMAS BLOODY CHRISTMAS

CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE

THE CHRISTMAS SETUP

THE CIVIL DEAD

CLASH OF THE TITANS (1981)

CLOSED CIRCUIT

CLOUD ATLAS

CLUE

COMA

COME PLAY

COME TRUE

CONFESS, FLETCH

THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT

CRIP CAMP

CRISIS

CRITTERS 2: THE MAIN COURSE

CRUELLA

CRUISING

A CURE FOR WELLNESS

CURSE OF THE BLAIR WITCH

DADDY DEAREST

DA 5 BLOODS

DANIEL ISN'T REAL

THE DARK AND THE WICKED

DARKTOWN STRUTTERS

DAUGHTER

DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS (1962)

DEAD SPACE (2016)

DEAR EVAN HANSEN

THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION PART II: THE METAL YEARS

THE DEEP HOUSE

DEMENTER

DEPECHE MODE 101

THE DEVIL'S HONEY

DEVIL TIMES FIVE

DIRTY DANCING

DIVINE MADNESS

DOCTOR SLEEP (Director's Cut)

THE DRIFTER

DUNE (1984)

EEPHUS

EIGHT DIAGRAM POLE FIGHTER

808

ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK

THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE

THE EMPTY MAN

ENFANT TERRIBLE

EQUALIZER 2000

EVE'S BAYOU

eXistenZ (UHD)

EVEN THE WIND IS AFRAID

EYES OF FIRE

EYES OF LAURA MARS

EYES WIDE SHUT

FALL (2022)

FAST X

FEAR OF A BLACK HAT

FEAR STREET: 1994

FEAR STREET: 1978

FEAR STREET: 1666

The FINAL DESTINATION Franchise

FIRE ISLAND

THE FITS

FLESH + BLOOD

FOR THE LOVE OF DILFS

FREAKY

FREEWAY II: CONFESSIONS OF A TRICKBABY

FRENCH EXIT

FRIDAY THE 13th: THE PARAMOUNT EIGHT

FURY OF THE DEMON

THE GARDEN LEFT BEHIND

GET DUKED

GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE

GHOULIES III: GHOULIES GO TO COLLEGE

GILGAMES

GLORIOUS

GO DOWN, DEATH!

THE GO-GOs

GOJIRA TAI HEDORAH/GODZILLA VS THE SMOG MONSTER

GODZILLA VS KONG

GOOD BURGER

GOTHIC

GREASE 2

THE GREEN KNIGHT

GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

HACK-O-LANTERN

HALLOWEEN PARTY

HAPPIEST SEASON

HAPPY ENDINGS: THE COMPLETE SERIES

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, SCOOBY-DOO!

HARD TICKET TO HAWAII

HARLAN COUNTY USA

HAROLD AND KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE

HARPER'S ISLAND

HAUNTED MANSION (2023)

HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT

HELMUT NEWTON: THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL

HER SOCIALIST SMILE

HIGH ANXIETY

HIGHTIDE

HIS HOUSE

THE HOLE IN THE FENCE

HOLY GHOST PEOPLE (1967)

HORROR IN THE HIGH DESERT

HOST

HOUSE (1977)

HUBIE HALLOWEEN

HUESERA

I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO

I AM THE PRETTY THING THAT LIVES IN THE HOUSE

IMPETIGORE

INCANTATION

IN DREAMS

IN MY ROOM

IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS II

INSIDE (2021)

THE INSIDE OUTTAKES

THE INVASION

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)

IT'S A DISASTER

JACKASS 4.5

The JAWS Quartet

JAY AND SILENT BOB REBOOT

JUICE (1984)

JUMBO

JUPITER ASCENDING

KANDISHA

THE KEEP

THE KID DETECTIVE

KIDS VS ALIENS

KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE

THE KILLING OF RANDY WEBSTER

KISS KISS, BANG BANG

KNOCKING

KOKOMO CITY

LABYRINTH OF PASSION

LADY MACBETH

LADY OF BURLESQUE

LAIR

LAKE OF DEATH

THE LAST OF SHEILA

THE LEECH

LEVIATHAN (1989)

LIBERTE

LIFE AND FREAKY TIMES OF UNCLE LUKE

THE LIMEY

THE LITTLE MERMAID (2023)

THE LIVING END

THE LONG GOODBYE

LONG, LONG TIME

LORD SHANGO

LOST HIGHWAY

LOVE AND MONSTERS

LOVERS ROCK

LOVE TO LOVE YOU, DONNA SUMMER

MAEDCHEN IN UNIFORM

MALIGNANT

MALUM

THE MAN WHO KILLED HITLER AND THEN THE BIGFOOT

MARIAH CAREY'S MAGICAL CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

MARLON RIGGS: SEVEN FILMS

MARTIN EDEN

MARY POPPINS

THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964)

MATTHIAS ET MAXIME

MAYOR PETE

MEGALODON: SHARK ATTACK 3

MEG 2: THE TRENCH

MESSIAH OF EVIL

MICHAEL (1924)

MOTORPSYCHO

MOUSE HUNT

MUCHO MUCHO AMOR

MUNCHIE

THE MUPPET MOVIE

MY OCTOPUS TEACHER

NANCY DREW AND THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE

NASHVILLE

THE NEW MUTANTS

NIGHTFLYERS: SEASON ONE

NOBODY

NOCEBO

NOW APOCALYPSE

OFFSEASON

THE OLD WAYS

ONE CUT OF THE DEAD MISSION: REMOTE

ON THE ROCKS

THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND

OVER THE GARDEN WALL

OXYGEN

PALM SPRINGS

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: NEXT OF KIN

PASSAGES

THE PEANUT BUTTER SOLUTION

PETEY WHEATSTRAW, THE DEVIL'S SON-IN-LAW

PG PSYCHO GOREMAN

PHANTOM OF THE CONVENT

PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE

THE PLATFORM

POOKA LIVES

THE POWER (2020)

PSYCHO GRANNY

PSYCHOSEXUAL (2022)

QUEEN OF BLACK MAGIC (1981)

QUEEN OF BLACK MAGIC (2020)

QUEEN OF EARTH

QUEER JAPAN

QUICK CHANGE

RAIN (1932)

RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE

RE-ANIMATOR

REBECCA (2020)

RED WHITE AND ROYAL BLUE

THE RELUCTANT ICON

RENO 911: THE HUNT FOR QANON

RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY

REVENGE OF THE STEPFORD WIVES

ROCKULA

ROCKY AUR RANI KII PREM KAHAANI

SANTA CLAUS (1959)

SATAN'S SLAVES 2: COMMUNION

SAVED BY THE BELL (2021)

SCARE PACKAGE

SCHIZOPOLIS

SCOOBY-DOO AND KISS ROCK 'N ROLL MYSTERY

SCREAM, QUEEN! MY NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET

SEA FEVER

SEANCE

SHAKMA

SHARK ATTACK 3: MEGALODON

SHUBH MANGAL ZYADA SAAVDHAN

SIBYL

A SIMPLE FAVOR

SISTER TEMPEST

SLAXX

SOMETHING IN THE DIRT

SOUTHLAND TALES

SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY

SPELLBINDER

SPIDER BABY

SPLICE

SPONTANEOUS

SPUTNIK

STARSHIP TROOPERS

STORME: THE LADY OF THE JEWEL BOX

THE STRAIGHT STORY

STRIKE A POSE

STUDIO 666

THE SUICIDE SQUAD

SUPERVIXENS

SWALLOWED

T

TAYLOR MAC'S 24-DECADE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC

TED LASSO

TEEN TITANS GO! SEE SPACE JAM

THE TELEPHONE

TENET

TERROR TRAIN (2022)

THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974)

THEY CLONED TYRONE

THEY/THEM

THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT

THE TIMEKEEPERS OF ETERNITY

TONGUES UNTIED

TOO BEAUTIFUL TO DIE

TOP GUN

TORN HEARTS

TUMBBAD

2046

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA

2.0

UNCLE PECKERHEAD

UP! (1976)

UPLOAD

UZUMAKI

VALLEY GIRL (2020)

THE VAST OF NIGHT

THE VELOCIPASTOR

THE VELVET VAMPIRE

VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE

VEROTIKA

V/H/S/94

V/H/S/99

VICE SQUAD

THE VIGIL

VIKTOR UND VIKTORIA

VIXEN!

VOYAGE OF THE ROCK ALIENS

WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY

THE WEIRD KIDZ

WELCOME TO CHECHNYA

WHEELS OF FIRE

WHEN I CONSUME YOU

WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR

WILLY'S WONDERLAND

THE WITCH WHO CAME FROM THE SEA

THE WITCH PART 1: SUBVERSION

WOJNAROWICZ: F*** YOU F***** F*****

WOODSTOCK '99: PEACE, LOVE, AND RAGE

THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW

WOODSHOCK

THE X-FILES: THE PINE BLUFF VARIANT

THE YELLOW NIGHT (A NOITE AMARELA)

ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE