Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 11:57AM 
Happy Halloween from Betty Draper. (This message brought to you by "Mad Men Quotes" and our own recent nostalgia for the greatest show television ever produced (2007-2015)
Halloween, January Jones, Mad Men, yummy Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 1:01AM Due to our ongoing fetish for freezeframing movies at random and for the practical reasons of looking for which 2020 releases are streaming --we are rapidly approaching "year in review" list-season so we gotta catch up --we're freezing 2020 pictures at the 20:20 mark. If you missed part one, that's here. The movies were chosen entirely at random ....so long as they were easily accessible for viewing.
How many of these 15 movies have you seen? Any you've been meaning to catch up with?
Are the people ready to make opening arguments?
Friday, October 30, 2020 at 7:29PM by Patrick Gratton
Marcus Hobson’s body trembled as he felt an external power take control. “Is this what enlightenment feels like?” Nothing’s been the same since the night he met Jaspen Frasier, the president of Omega Alpha Psy. Marcus never saw himself pledging. But that all changed with a single touch, as Jaspen confided in Marcus the secrets of his success. This holy ointment, was god’s, or the devil’s, gift to man to reclaim eternal power. The veil that set him back had been lifted, everything was within his grasp. Exhilarated, he wanted to be free to possess whatever his will desired. He basked in his beauty. His modesty had withered away, he felt free, free of the confines of his mind and soul. What mind? What soul? Little did Marcus know that those were withering away as well.
This is an excerpt from a synopsis of the David DeCoteau film The Brotherhood VII: The Ascension. Or is it? Does the film actually exist? I might have made it up but does it matter? With a filmography whose imagery and plots are so indistinguishably alike, as to make the audience's mind as foggy as the hunky protagonists, who is there really to say?
As a self-described “Gay Roger Corman”, the prolific DeCoteau has 160+ directorial credits to his name. It’s rare to find a filmmaker with such a large output, delving into so many various genres, with such limited social imprint. Despite his success working with B-Movie Mogul Charles Band, DeCoteau’s name is barely mentioned, even within the halls of the queer horror canon...
Friday, October 30, 2020 at 4:00PM We thought it might be fun if Team Experience shared a few of our favourite Halloween memories with you.
by Nathaniel R
Some years ago I quit Halloween. It wasn't for lack of loving the holiday (have pumpkin patch sized love for it!) but for personal sanity. Favourite costumes over the years included Pinnochio, Peter Pan, Glinda the Good Witch (with my ex as The Wicked Witch and my best friend as The Tin Man, pictured left), Medusa (with an elaborate snake wig), and Mr Green in a group Clue costume. Letting Halloween go wasn't quite a cold turkey move but I knew I had a problem.
To surely every therapist's delight, the problem came from childhood...
Friday, October 30, 2020 at 1:04PM Tomorrow is Halloween which means October is nearly gone. Happy Devil's Night! Apart from the madhouse of virtual festivals (which all decided to happen at once!) and finally getting all Oscar charts up for this strange season we spent most of October celebrating Montgomery Clift's Centennial. We're so proud of that 18 episode series and the fine insights of our writers so we sincerely hope you got something out of it and were spurred on to discover at least a couple of his pictures that you hadn't seen before. If you did, please let us know in the comments so we know we reached people. Highlights from October follow...
12 Highlights You Might Have Missed
• To Die For -Chris revisits for the 25th anniversary of Kidman's breakout
• Damon Identity - Patrick's thinkpiece about Matt Damon's persona
• Bram Stoker's Dracula - Michael's hilarious first screening (!) of this visual orgy
• Smackdown 1965 - Shelley Winters vs Maggie Smith vs Ruth Gordon
• Sally Kirkland FYC a legendary Oscar campaign for Anna (1987)
• Ranking Olivier's 10 Oscar nods -Cláudio on Sleuth, Othello, Rebecca, etc...
• From Here to Eternity - Nathaniel on the peak of Montgomery Clift's stardom
• The Furniture: Suddenly Last Summer - Daniel on wild gardens, descending thrones, medical theatres
• Almost There: Andrew Garfield -for The Social Network's 10th anniversary
• Pretty Woman Fantasy - Christopher recounts a fateful Halloween night
• NYFF: French Exit - Nathaniel works out his issues with the transfer
• Making Montgomery Clift - Sean's thoughtful epilogue to our series - have any of you seen this documentary?
5 Most Discussed Articles
• YNMS: Hillbilly Elegy - Damn the opinions were out to play!
• Cancel the Oscars' is bulls***t - And more (heated) opinions
• YNMS: The Prom - Meryl, Nicole, and more in this movie musical
• Best Actress Predictions - Always discussable!
• Oldest Best Actress lineups will 2020 break the record set just seven years back?
COMING IN NOVEMBER: New films including Ammonite, Mank, Monsoon, Wolfwalkers, Sound of Metal, and Hillbilly Elegy and retrospectives including Home for the Holidays 25th, Gene Tierney's 100th, and of course our 1987 series culminating in the season finale of Supporting Actress Smackdown.
If you're just rejoining us looking to catch up. 2020 so far...
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