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CONTEST: shomi your Galloween spirit to win an ‘iZombie’/’AHS’ basket!
Love iZombie and American Horror Story? Did you know you can watch both Galloween appropriate shows on Canadian streaming platform shomi, now the home of spooky original three-part miniseries The...
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GIMME FIVE: Linnea Quigley films for Galloween
The Return of the Living Dead came out in 1985. You might not know that because you’re a pretty young thing, but I am old and withering away. (I kid. Sort of.) I only saw the film a little over a...
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The women behind the mask: Female horror directors and masculinity
Female-directed horror films are experiencing a bit of a moment in the sun right now. Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook and Ana Lily Amirpour’s A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night have been rightly heralded...
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Coming-of-age horror and the dark side of female sexuality
Ask any horror fan to explain the horror genre rules about female sexuality and you’ll get a simple explanation. Have sex, you die. Stay pure, you get to be the hero and the survivor. That’s the...
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Badass ghosts challenging the patriarchy in Japanese horror
If there’s something that horror films have taught me is that coming back from the dead makes you an instant badass. Take for example the character of the wronged woman that comes back as a vengeful...
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FEMINIST FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Suzy Banning (‘Suspiria’)
With our Galloween celebrations about to come to a close, we decided to save the best for last when it came to Feminist Flashback Friday and bring your this week’s frightened femme, Suzy Bannion from...
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‘The Keeping Room’ writer on feminist westerns, horror, “female filmmakers”
Image courtesy of Drafthouse Films Courtesy of Drafthouse Films/ Films We Like. Last fall, I saw The Keeping Room at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival and I am not exaggerating when I say...
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THE KAELS 2016: An Oscars alternative feat. all women (and you!)
It’s that time of year again when we celebrate the women in film, both in front of and behind the camera, for their work throughout the year. This year, we’re proud to the third annual Kaels, named...
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THE KAELS 2016: And the winners are….
This Friday and Saturday, we ran the third edition of The Kaels, our all-female alternative Oscars named after late, great film critic Pauline Kael. Votes were cast via an online poll and now we’re...
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See you reel soon!
When we go see a great movie, there’s a sadness that sets in when the credits start to roll. It’s almost like a sudden break-up with a seeming perfect partner in that there’s a part of you that wants...
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