Yesterday, Marvel Senior Vice President of Publishing/Executive Editor Tom Brevoort weighed in on the harassment that caused Mockingbird writer and New York Times bestselling author Chelsea Cain to leave Twitter, suggesting the support that Chelsea Cain and other targeted creatives really need is more issue sales: It’s a frustrating response to a complicated problem that’s made all […]
Archives for October 2016
Supergirl Gets Queer with S2E3, “Welcome to Earth”
Despite breaking from CBS and migrating to its lower profile (and lower budget) home on The CW, Supergirl kicked off season 2 in a big way with what was essentially a two-part premiere that dropped a new Kryptonian (?) into the mix, guest-starred Kara’s previously absent cousin, and introduced viewers to the mysterious (and evil) […]
On Supergirl, “The Last Children of Krypton” Deal With A New Status Quo
So if last week’s Supergirl was all about establishing itself in a new space–literally and figuratively– this week’s is all about setting up the season’s arc. That’s typically reserved for premieres and while “The Adventures of Supergirl” covered a lot of ground, it didn’t introduce the big bad–the xenophobic doctor of Cadmus who turned John Corben into […]
King Cobra is an Enthralling Examination of the Gay Porn Industry
A decent number of films exploring the drama of the porn industry have followed in the wake of Boogie Nights, but few of them have matched Paul Thomas Anderson’s knack for highlighting the absurdity and monotony of the industry. Most of the post-Boogie Nights films have either honed in on the natural titilation of the subject […]
Kate Leth, Megan Levens Give Us the Start of a Satisfyingly Fun Romp with Spell on Wheels
Spell on Wheels is like a dream for girls who grew up on Sabrina the Teenage Witch. It works especially well for girls like me who moved on to Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Regardless of the difference in tone and intention, both shows feature girls who suddenly find themselves with powers they don’t expect and […]
Exclusive Premiere: Cave People “Small”
Philadelphia indie band Cave People are in the process of releasing their new album Sinning Tree via Stereophonodon Records (preorder it here!) but they were kind enough to come to Loser City with a premiere of their track “Small.” Bridging the low-key poetic melancholy of the Silver Jews and the thick, rugged sounds of Archers of Loaf, […]
Poetry: The Balcony by Kayleigh Hughes
He said it was my fault. What the hell was I doing, looking at him that way. With those eyes. What did I expect. Oh, didn’t you know, This sort of thing is human nature. Uncontrollable—a growl in the stomach or saliva on the lips. The bloody burn of red cheeks. What’s a […]
Jack Goes Home is a Thrilling Work by a Bold New Director
Thomas Dekker’s impressive psychological thriller Jack Goes Home is the latest in a new wave of American horror films that get much of their tension from questioning the reliability of their protagonist’s view. Like Jacob’s Ladder before it, Jack Goes Home is an exploration of trauma that utilizes horror tropes and imagery to bring viewers closer to its protagonist’s headspace. But Jack […]
“The Adventures Of Supergirl” Tells A Lot And Mostly Succeeds
The Season 2 premiere of Supergirl, “The Adventures of Supergirl,” has a lot of stories to tell. I don’t just mean the handful of plot threads it barrels through from last season and all the new ones introduced but also the three meta-stories it has to convey. Those stories are: Supergirl, having moved from CBS to […]
On Cody, Joyce Manor Get More Epic but Still Have Room to Grow
I don’t know why Joyce Manor’s songs are generally short. Maybe it’s an economic thing; if your songs generally aren’t more than two minutes long then maybe you can fit more of them into an opening act or spend less time in a studio recording an EP/LP. It doesn’t matter. What I do know is […]