The Fly is Cronenberg’s tragi-gooey triumph

The Fly is Cronenberg’s tragi-gooey triumph

by | Jul 28, 2022 | ANTI-MONITOR

by Matt Fleming. This is RETROGRADING, where the dream is over and the insect is awake. THE FILM: The Fly THE YEAR: 1986. At the tail end of the American horror movie movement of the 1970s and early ‘80s, the genre was dominated by comedic thrill rides like...
DONNA WATCHES BUNCHES OF MOVIES (PART 2)

DONNA WATCHES BUNCHES OF MOVIES (PART 2)

by | Mar 3, 2015 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!

By Donna Bourgois. Good thing I was so ahead of schedule last month, because wow, I needed that buffer. I lost a week due to travel, I flew up to Michigan to surprise a friend at his send-off party to Japan. Of course flying up to Michigan also means visiting the...