“And it’s stupid when they say, ‘You only use your body. You are an object of men.’ No, I’m the subject. I’m not an object.” – Sabrina Salerno, Italian singer and showgirl, 1988 A hard-bodied […]
ELBEE & ANDREW’S SPOOKY WATCHLIST
Take a look inside what the Head Grumps are watching around Grumpire HQ this October in Elbee & Andrew‘s Letterboxd list: “True to our name, we get a little grumpy when planning our Halloween watchlist […]
TYLER’S SPOOKY WATCHLIST
Take a look inside frequent contributor Tyler Peterson‘s Spooky Season Letterboxd Watchlist! Some highlights from Tyler himself: The Faculty (1998) “Has it really been twenty-five years since I told my mom I was going to […]
BRIAN’S SPOOKY WATCHLIST
Here’s a look inside Deathbomb Arc founder and Grumpire regular Brian Miller‘s Spooky Season Letterboxd Watchlist: “An honest list of exactly what is in our Blu-ray (and digital) stack here at my home to watch […]
BECAUSE THE SOUL IS PROGRESSIVE, IT NEVER QUITE REPEATS ITSELF: ON THE SO-CALLED CLONES OF ‘SCREAM’
What if God fell into the darkness of Hell? Into the prison He had made for His own enemies, for those diametrically opposite of Him… into a realm so far from the beauty of Heaven, […]
JAY’S SPOOKY WATCHLIST
Assistant Editor Jay Alary shares with us his picks for October viewing in his Letterboxd watchlist: LETTERBOXD IN FOR THE NIGHT: “It’s October and you’re scrolling through multiple streaming platforms on your TV and nothing […]
If the Abyss Stares Into a Camera, the Camera Stares Back: On Found Footage Horror and Structural Film
An analog video camera is mounted to an oscillating standing fan and left unattended to capture whatever may come across its path. Rotating at its own steady rate between the voluminous kitchen and living room […]
2023 GRUMPY GUIDE TO SPOOKY STREAMING
In celebration of, or at least abuse of, the new Grumpire Letterboxd page, we’re launching a new series of lists. Some help summarize our more complex essays which cover lots of films; some offer supplements […]
HIP HOP DAY THE GRUMPY WAY
We heard August 11, 2023, is the 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop as we know it, so what better time to celebrate some of our favorite hip-hop films? Read on, player. FROM SPENCER SEAMS: HOW HIGH […]
MIXTAPE: HIP-HOP DAY
A playlist for Hip Hop Day, which of course could includeanything, made in an impressionist response to my choices for films totalk about in “Hip Hop Day the Grumpy Way“. Bodied (2017) andDreams Never Die […]
My, My Ain’t That Somethin’: THE PUNK LEGACY OF ‘Stormy Weather’
Although steeped in the traditions and trappings of what could be done in 1943, Stormy Weather was an early effort for mainstream Hollywood to bring blackness to the forefront. As such, the film holds a […]
MAY 27, 1970: GODFREY CAMBRIDGE DROPS A NEW BLACK HOLLYWOOD LEGACY
Godfrey MacArthur Cambridge’s star shone very brightly in the 1960s and 1970s; in a short time, he did it all – comedy, theatre, film, civil rights activism, and more. On May 27, 1970, audiences packed […]
EVERYONE WHO LIVES HERE IS LOST: A CHAT WITH JAMES DUVAL ABOUT ‘NOWHERE’
Looking back at the Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy has been a real treat for me. While The Doom Generation is the only one of the three films I saw back around the time it was released, […]
REVENGE OF THE CHEAPIES: AN INTRODUCTION TO ‘BIG B’
Amateur street racers fire grappling hooks into the sky, take down a military cargo plane, and save the world. A zoologist whispers kindly to a kaiju-sized ape, surrounded by the complete destruction of a city, […]
Space Babes, Robots, and Disco Boogie: ‘Buck Rogers in the 25th Century’ in the 21st Century
It’s not easy being an astronaut: studying vectors, fuel consumption reports, star charts, and demonstrating fast reaction times, all while piloting a 135-ton space vehicle roaring against the unrelenting pull of Earth’s gravity. What happens […]