Django Strikes Again (and Again): the persistence of an oater icon first published by Little White Lies Here’s the thing about heroes: the ones that become iconic, that blaze a lasting trail across the collective consciousness, tend to define neither this time nor that, inhabiting instead some transitional space between old and new. Homer’s Achilles, ‘best…
Let The Corpses Tan first published by Sight & Sound, in a preview piece on the Cult strand from the London Film Festival 2017 The searing sun. A shot is heard. A bullet shell falls. Extreme close-ups on three faces. A gun is aimed. A man says, “I never miss, is this what you want?” A…
Four of the Apocalypse first published by FilmLand Empire “Salt Flats, Utah. 1873. A bad town for a law-abiding citizen, and for this reason, Stubby Preston, a professional cardsharp, made it a point to stop there at least once or twice a year. But little does he know that this time around, he’s chosen to…