by Sonny Bunch on January 11, 2013
by Sonny Bunch on December 7, 2012
When the rise of television destroyed moviegoing as a mass habit, it simultaneously enhanced the opportunities for film fetishism and ritual screenings. Movies became integral to the celebration of religious events. King of Kings, Easter Parade, White Christmas, and Micracle on 34th Street were invariably telecast on their appropriate holidays. Starting in the mid-1950s, The Wizard of […]
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Cult in the Connected Age,
TV cults
by Sonny Bunch on November 12, 2012
by Sonny Bunch on November 7, 2012
So, the election. That was a fun 15 months or so. I wrote a kind of long, extremely overwrought* post last night that will likely never see the light of day. I canned it for a variety of reasons. I would like to relay just one small anecdote, though. (Update below.) After 2008 was in […]
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Well that sucked
by Sonny Bunch on October 13, 2012
Some spoilers below. Please don’t read if you haven’t seen the film and plan on watching it.
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Cabin in the Woods review