Author: Chuck
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The Love We (Choose To) Give
A nice way of thinking about failed relationships, courtesy of Companion and Bloom (spoilers for both)
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It’s a good scream
Watching Blow Out by Brian De Palma and continuing my struggle to rethink how I watch movies
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One Thing I Like About Lake Mungo
Lake Mungo is a fictional documentary about ghost sightings that’s most horrifying for what it implies
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One Thing I Love About Paddington 2
The most remarkable thing about Paddington 2 might be its casting
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One Thing I Love About Paddington
The first Paddington is a perfect example of the difference between a family comedy and a kids’ movie
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Literacy 2025: Book 13: Bloom
Delilah S. Dawson’s romantic horror novella about a woman who finds exciting new love at a farmer’s market
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Literacy 2025: Book 12: The Watchers
AM Shine’s suspense thriller about strangers trapped inside a strange bunker in the middle of a dark forest
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The Future: Beef
I finally watched Phantom of the Paradise, and it prompted me to re-evaluate my snobbery and how I think of movies
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One Thing I Kind of Like About Death of a Unicorn
Death of a Unicorn reminded me of the 1980s, in that it’s the kind of movie they hardly ever make anymore
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Literacy 2025: Book 11: Wylding Hall
Elizabeth Hand’s folk horror novel about the making of an early 1970s album in a remote, ancient manor house
