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HOCUS POCUS 2

September 29, 2022 By 1 Comment

HOCUS POCUS 2

If you were even mildly enchanted, amused, chilled, or any combination of those three, by the original HOCUS POCUS, I beg you to avoid the sequel at all costs. It is a travesty of a flick, and an insult to that darkly whimsical tale of 29 years ago. To remind you, it introduced us to… Read More »

Tagged With: black-flame candle, costume contest, Halloween, ritual, Salem, sequel, witches

GOAT

September 22, 2016 By 1 Comment

GOAT

GOAT is not a subtle film, though the performances by its young cast are wonderfully nuanced. Based on the eponymous memoir by Ben Land, it opens with a mob of naked frat boys caught up in slow-motion frenzy of testosterone-driven, gleeful aggression.  We do not see what it is that they are kicking, but we… Read More »

Tagged With: college, fraternity, hazing, masculinity, ritual, torture

Alex Mar and the AMERICAN MYSTIC

October 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Alex Mar and the AMERICAN MYSTIC

As we head into the holiday season, Halloween just passed, and the quasi-religious rituals surrounding our national holidays of Thanksgiving and the orgy of spending that has become Christmas on the horizon, KMR takes a look back to a conversation with Alex Mar for her 2010 documentary AMERICAN MYSTIC. Mar’s film looks at the draw… Read More »

Tagged With: Alex Mar, ceremony, Halloween, Lakota Sioux, Native-American, pagan, ritual, spirituality, Sundance, witchcraft

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