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‘Stanleyville’ Quests for the Meaning of Life in Surreal Fashion

Surreal and ambiguous, ‘Stanleyville’ undercuts its own satire by becoming “one of the bleakest movies since the 1970s.”

Comic Book Wizards Play a Mean ‘Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball HC’ on The Wednesday Run

Through the courts of kings to the confines of biker hangouts, pinball wizards everywhere still rejoice at the lights, sounds and feel of the silver ball – and the graphic novel of the game’s storied history!

The Week in Horror: ‘Shelby Oaks’, ‘Renfield’, ‘The Guest’, + more!

This week’s horror news has updates on the definitive version of one of Simon Barrett and Adam Wingard’s best films, a record-breaking found footage film, Nic Cage all gussied up as Dracula, and the first epistolary horror I’ve covered in this space.

‘Heroes and Villains: The Sound of Los Angeles 1965-1968’ Reflects on the Innocence of the L.A. Music Scene in the 1960s

The Grapefruit Records set ‘Heroes and Villains: The Sound of Los Angeles 1965-1968’ celebrates the Los Angeles music scene of the late 1960s before the pervasive cynicism of the 1970s set in.