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Old & New: Veronica's Top Ten for 2019
Veronica’s top ten for 2019 is a mix of old and new and includes everything from murderous cults, murderous alligators, murderous ice, murderous frat boys, murderous dancing… you get the idea.
Back Row Patreon: It Exists and You Should Join
We have a Patreon now and if you like us as much as we like you, maybe throw us a dollar to show us you care? Please? No? Okay. Well. I mean, we still like you.
Tis The Season: Not Christmasy Christmas Movies
Christmas may always be the season of sap and treacle, but there’s no reason to suffer through boring, trite entertainment just to be thematically appropriate. Veronica delves into Red Christmas, Better Watch Out and Christmas Evil.
Ep# 35 - Hoser Horror: Christmas Spectacular (Curtains & Ghostkeeper)
On this festive Hoser Horror episode of Notes from the Back Row, Carlo and Dan zip up their snowpants and lace their boots in order to discuss Ghostkeeper and Curtains.
Unwatchable Films and Unfilmable Books, Part II: Source VS Adaptation
London Fields and Cloud Atlas aren’t horrible films, they’re just poor adaptations. Veronica takes a look at how that could be in part II of Back Row Book Club’s look at unfilmable books.
Ep #34 - Post-Anime Club: Juzo Itami & Nobuko Miyamoto
Carlo & Jenna once again indulge in a big ol’ bowl of classic Japanese cinema with this in-depth look at the life and career of director Juzo Itami, along with his collaborator and wife Nobuko Miyamoto. Mmmmm, umami!
Unwatchable Films and Unfilmable Books: The Great Gatsby, Naked Lunch & Dune
Veronica takes a look at whether it’s the books that are unfilmable or if the movie is just unwatchable. Spoiler: It has nothing to do with the details and everything to do with capturing the big picture.
Ep #33 - Hoser Horror: Mind Meltin' Rip-Offs (Cathy's Curse & Things)
Carlo and Dan take a mind-melting turn down the back-alley of Canadian pseudo-rip-offs Cathy’s Curse and Things!
2019 is the Year of Psychomagic Therapy: Honey Boy, The Souvenir, Pain & Glory
What do Shia LaBeouf, Joanna Hogg and Pedro Almodovar all have in common? Their latest films prove they are all students of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Psychomagic–a shamanic psychotherapy that helps to heal the soul through poetic expression.
Ep #32 - Hoser Horror: The Origin of Canuxploitation with Paul Corupe
Paul Corupe joins Dan & Carlo to discuss how he became interested in Canadian cult movies and what exactly led him to create his website Canuxploitation back in the late-nineties.
Ep #31 - An Interview with Anja Murmann on Unintended
Veronica interviews filmmaker Anja Murmann on her upcoming film Unintended–about a woman who has repressed a memory of murder for so long that it begins to drive her insane.
Parody is the Sincerest Form of Flattery in These Horror Spoof Remakes
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but what about parody? Specifically for horror, spoofs work better when the movie (or movies) in reference is respected. Such is the case for Psycho Beach Party, Saturday the 14th and Silence of the Hams.
Ep #30 - Hoser Horror: Deranged & The Uncanny
Jenna joins Dan and Carlo on Hoser Horror to discuss two Canadian horror movies from the 1970s: Deranged (1974) and The Uncanny (1977).
I Watched It So You Don't Have To: Albert Serra's Liberté
Liberté is as much about human nature versus society as it is about tongue versus butt. Albert Serra casts the audience in the role of the vouyer, using the act of observation as a meta commentary on nature, pleasure and freedom.
Ep #29 - Hoser Horror: Are You Afraid of the Dark?
On the latest Hoser Horror episode of Notes from the Back Row, Dan and Carlo dive into the seminal kid-horror series Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Ep #28 - Hoser Horror: Two Good Doggos (The Gate & Watchers)
This episode of Notes from the Back Row’s Hoser Horror finds Dan and Carlo watching Watchers and The Gate with two very good boys: Furface and Angus!
I Watched These 2000s Horror Movies So You Don't Have To
People often talk about the 80’s as the golden age of schlock (and they’re 100% right), but Carlo will always look back at the 2000s as a time when his interest in cinema hit an all-time low. This season, give her… trash!
Ep #27 - Hoser Horror: Jon Mikl Thor's Nightmares
This time on another Hoser Horror episode of Notes from the Back Row, Carlo and Dan watch a double-feature of Canadian horror films featuring the one, the only: Jon Mikl Thor.
This Halloween, Watch These Alternative Horror Picks
In the spirit of the Halloween season, Dan’s whipped up some recommendations for alternative horror picks to slide into your rotation with the regular year-after-year classics we all know and love.
Ad Astra Crashes High-Concept Space Dramas Back Down to Earth
James Gray takes the vacuum of space–including your lofty and high-minded expectations of space movies–and plugs it all up with self-help books about learning to love yourself. Cue Whitney Houston!