This is a fun listen. It offers a brief history of vampire stories in the English language in order to contextualize the current popularity of vampires, and assess some of the differences between today’s vampires and previous ones. Though this story doesn’t talk about it, it seems that vampire stories today offer a fascinating entry [...]
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For Love of Do-Good Vampires on NPR
February 19th, 2010 · Comments Off
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Mississippi Damned
September 20th, 2009 · Comments Off
Mississippi Damned showed at Outfest to a sold out audience and took home the 2009 Jury Award for Outstanding US Feature. The emotionally difficult and narratively complex feature film is a compelling contribution to American filmmaking in general and African-American filmmaking and queer filmmaking in particular. Although Mississippi Damned can be characterized as an African-American [...]
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Sleep Dealer
September 18th, 2009 · Comments Off
I’ve heard the buzz about Sleep Dealer, which is now out on video. I’m looking forward to seeing it sometime in the not too distant future.
Check out the other information about this film on the film’s web site.
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