by Jarrod | Nov 18, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Elford Alley. This is RETROGRADING, where we love the smell of napalm in the morning. THE FILM: Apocalypse Now THE TIME: Fittingly, 1979. Apocalypse Now in a lot of ways represented the end of the dark, complicated films that were so prevalent in the ’70s,...
by Jarrod | Nov 11, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Elford Alley. This is RETROGRADING, where we have to ask: Do you know the way to Shell Beach? THE FILM: Dark City THE TIME: 1998, when Alex Proyas gave us what was essentially The Matrix a year before the Wachowksis did. Also, a time when a sci-fi film could be...
by Jarrod | Oct 28, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Kyle G. King. This is RETROGRADING, where it is you, Ichabod Crane, who is now put to the test. THE FILM: Sleepy Hollow THE TIME: 1999, when Tim Burton and Johnny Depp’s relationship was still only at third base. Though they fell in love on Edward Scissorhands and...
by Jarrod | Oct 21, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Matt Fleming. This is RETROGRADING, where we know Satan ain’t no stinkin’ turkey. THE FILM: The Lords of Salem THE TIME: 2012. With lazy and uninspired fare dominating the scream-screen, fans of frightening fare desperately retained hope that Rob Zombie...
by Jarrod | Oct 14, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Matt Fleming. This is RETROGRADING, where we know better than to spend a weekend in a creepy, demon-filled cabin. THE FILM: The Evil Dead THE TIME: 1981, right around the peak of horror’s renaissance in American cinemas. This year saw the first sequels to Halloween...
