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  • culture

    Billy Wilder’s Noir Trilogy

    Alan Glynn

    When you’re a teenager, there’s nothing like discovering a new writer or a new movie director – new to you, that is.

  • culture

    70s Paranoia Thrillers … and why we need them now more than ever

    Alan  Glynn

    It was never going to last that long. Golden ages rarely do. But for a while there in the 1970s that’s what we had.

  • culture

    Our Doppelgängers, Ourselves

    Alan Glynn

    Here’s an elevator pitch. You’re you, right? You are who you are, doing the stuff you do. But let’s say there’s another you out there, an exact double...

  • culture

    8:46

    Ho Che Anderson

    Ho Che Anderson's powerful essay on the murder of George Floyd. "Wer're tired. Tired of the fear. Tired of the anger. Tired of dying..."

  • culture

    The Artistic Triumph of Sir Alan Parker’s Still Beating ‘Angel Heart’

    Sven Mikulec

    Sven Mikulec looks at the history and legacy of Alan Parker's 'Angel Heart'

  • culture

    Alan Moore is Pretty Hilarious, Actually.

    Chloe Maveal

    Despite a reputation of emotionally intense titles, Watchmen creator Alan Moore's career is far funnier than audiences give him credit for

  • culture

    “In Magician’s Mysterious Sleeves”: Rick Veitch and the Censoring of Swamp Thing

    Cole Hornaday

    It was not the first time an event beyond his control catapulted the Swamp Thing into an odyssey that took him far from his Houma home...

  • culture

    HandMade Crime

    Ray Banks

    An exploration of the independent mavericks, HandMade Films, that gave us some of the most iconic British crime films of the 1970s and 1980s.

  • culture

    Magic and Ink: An Interview with Artist Jim Mahfood

    Chloe Maveal

    Chloe Maveal sits down with artist Jim Mahfood for an interview about his career, cultural influences, and 'Sorcerers'.

  • culture

    ‘Network’: Sidney Lumet and Paddy Chayefsky’s Gruesome Prophecy Turned Reality

    Koraljka Suton

    Once it opened, everybody kept saying, ‘Oh, what a brilliant satire.’ But Paddy and I always said, ‘This isn’t satire, it’s sheer reportage.’

  • culture

    ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’: Lucas and Spielberg’s Epitome of Action-Adventure Films Still Waiting to Be Surpassed

    Sven Mikulec

    Trying to catch a break from all the Star Wars hype, in the spring of 1977, George Lucas was resting on a Hawaiian beach, building sand castles with ...

  • culture

    An Interview with Eddie Campbell, Part One: The Years Have (Digitally Colorized) Pants

    Chloe Maveal

    An interview with the incomparable comics creator Eddie Campbell.

  • culture

    The Megazine That Never Was

    Chloe Maveal

    With today marking 30 amazing years of the Judge Dredd Megazine, it's time to look back and appreciate the never-were publications that made that possible.

  • culture

    Judge Dredd: The Devil You Know

    Chloe Maveal

    Chloe Maveal provides a comparative look into Judge Dredd as a predictor of unchecked contemporary police brutality.

  • culture

    Howard Chaykin – A Life in Comics

    Michael Tisserand

    A deep dive conversation between author Michael Tisserand and Howard Chaykin, whose life and career offer an oral history of American comics.

  • culture

    Ranson Notes: The Astonishing Artwork of 2000 AD’s Arthur Ranson

    Chloe Maveal

    In appreciation of British "Button Man" artist Arthur Ranson, whose career has gone unsung for far too long.

  • culture

    Front Row Center with Howard Chaykin: Neal Adams

    Howard Chaykin

    Howard Chaykin pries into the secrets behind the legendary art of Neal Adams

  • culture

    Sidney Lumet and Paddy Chayevsky’s ‘Network’: The Grim Prophecy that Was Once Just Brilliant Satire

    Sven Mikulec

    What excited the general public and outraged horrified television moguls as a razor-sharp satire in 1976, a film promoted as outrageous, hasn’t lost its...

  • culture

    Gaze Into The Art of Bolland: The Career and Covers of Brian Bolland

    Chloe Maveal

    On his 70th birthday, let's take a moment to sing the praises of the entirely unmatched talents of artist Brian Bolland.

  • culture

    Feel Good Ink: The Visual Pop of Jamie Hewlett

    Chloe Maveal

    Bridging the narrow divide between pop music, punk attitude, and art, artist Jamie Hewlett is a force to be recognized.

  • culture

    Legions, Dreams, and Distant Soil: Celebrating the Career of Colleen Doran

    Chloe Maveal

    Writer, inker, colorist, and penciller Colleen Doran has set the comics world on fire for decades..and it's time more people knew her name.

  • culture

    Darwyn Cooke: The New Frontier of Cartooning

    Chloe Maveal

    A retrospective on the laid back and exceptionally classic art of Darwyn Cooke.

  • culture

    Zombie Himbos and Vatican Hunks: The Joy of British Horror Comics

    Chloe Maveal

    With Halloween just around the corner, NeoText explores the versatility, humor, and perfectly grotesque visuals of British horror comics.

  • culture

    ‘JFK’: Oliver Stone’s Emotionally Accurate and Masterfully Crafted Trip Down the Rabbit Hole

    Koraljka Suton

    “I think I was always controversial, provocative. But I can’t help it. I have to go there. It’s my nature. It’s my father’s nature, too..."

  • culture

    Front Row Center With Howard Chaykin: Scott Phillips

    Howard Chaykin

    Howard Chaykin digs into the deep-seeded influences that fuel Scott Phillips' suburban noir stories.

  • culture

    “No One Is Just Anything”: William Friedkin’s ‘Sorcerer’

    Tim Pelan

    After the success of *The Exorcist,* director William Friedkin teamed up with *The Wild Bunch* screenwriter Walon Green for the groundbreaking *Sorcerer*

  • culture

    Rats In the Attic: William Friedkin’s ‘The Exorcist’

    Tim Pelan

    Forty-five years after its powerful debut, and with all the attendant publicity, analysis and second-hand knowledge, from satire to theological debate,…

  • culture

    How Robert Altman’s Anti-Western Classic ‘McCabe & Mrs. Miller’ Aged Like Fine Wine

    Koraljka Suton

    The legendary director Robert Altman was given an Academy Honorary Award in 2006, “in recognition of a career that has repeatedly reinvented...

  • culture

    ‘The Last of the Mohicans’: Michael Mann’s Riveting Love Story as the Formation of American Identity

    Sven Mikulec

    After a string of successes on television, having made a name for himself on projects such as Starsky and Hutch> and Police Story, Michael Mann ...

  • culture

    Subject to the Requirements of the Service: Peter Weir’s ‘Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World’

    Tim Pelan

    Asked by Debbie Lynn Elias of Behind The Lens Online on what compels the director Peter Weir to film such varied stories ...

  • culture

    William Goldman’s Edgy Novel ‘Heat’ And Its Two Screen Adaptations

    Joe Gibson

    In 1985, famed screenwriter and novelist William Goldman released his novel 'Heat', introducing the world to Nick Escalante, Nevada’s only freelance...

  • culture

    Daniel Voll’s ‘An American Family’

    Alex Belth

    A true story of siblings who fell in love.

  • culture

    The Man Who Shot Hell’s Kitchen: The Story of Phil Joanou’s ‘State of Grace’

    Sven Mikulec

    The story of filmmaker Phil Joanou’s breakthrough in the movie business is basically a pitch-perfect...

  • culture

    Celebrating 40 Years of ‘Flash Gordon’: An Intentionally Campy Space Opera that Became a Cult Classic

    Koraljka Suton

    December 5th, 2020 will mark the 40th anniversary of a lavish space opera hitting US theaters and subsequently...

  • culture

    ‘Point Blank’ – John Boorman’s Amalgamation of American, British and French Filmmaking Styles

    Koraljka Suton

    The stories behind director John Boorman and screenwriter Alexander Jacobs brilliant retelling of Donald Westlake's THE HUNTER

  • culture

    Eddie Little: Paradise Lost

    Ray Banks

    The night of November 2nd, 1998. The El Cadiz Apartments, Los Angeles. Thief-turned-writer Eddie Little is worried sick; he’s convinced he can hear a ...

  • culture

    ‘No Country for Old Men’: The Coen Brothers and Cormac McCarthy’s Ruthless Examination of Life

    Sven Mikulec

    That is no country for old men. The young In one another’s arms, birds in the trees...

  • culture

    ‘Minority Report’: Steven Spielberg’s Proof that You Don’t Need to Sacrifice Substance to Produce Spectacle

    Sven Mikulec

    The beginning of Minority Report, Steven Spielberg’s thrilling sci-fi noir from 2002, is closely connected to another science fiction classic...

  • culture

    ‘DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A SICK MAN TO YOU?’: The Horror of Identity and the Identity of Horror in David Cronenberg’s ‘The Fly’

    Travis Woods

    TELEPOD 1: STATHIS He watches Her, trembling and nerve-twitched, eyes darting, lips pulled back over protruding…

  • culture

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: An Unforgettable and Heartbreaking Exploration of Love, Human Beings and the Nature of Memory

    Sven Mikulec

    Having heard his friend complain about her boyfriend for what seemed to be a hundredth time,…

  • culture

    Paul Lehr: Unexpected Rhythms

    Jane Frank

    What words would YOU use to describe art that is indescribable? It’s a challenge! In my biography of Paul Lehr (2009) I wrote that he was among the...

  • culture

    An American Western in France: Moebius and Charlier’s ‘Lieutenant Blueberry’

    Chloe Maveal

    A beautiful gallery of Jean-Michel Charlier and Jean Giraud's spaghetti Western collection 'Lieutenant Blueberry'

  • culture

    Click-In Movies: On Dangerous Ground (1951)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    From the director of They Live by Night, Rebel Without a Cause and The Savage Innocents, Nicholas Ray, On...

  • culture

    The Artful Construction of Emotional Dissonance in Alison Bechdel’s ‘Fun Home’

    Annabel Paulsen

    Writer Annabel Paulsen discusses the psychological and emotional impact of Alison Bechdel's acclaimed graphic novel.

  • culture

    King of New York (1990): Abel Ferrara’s Blood-Soaked Portrayal of New York City’s Underbelly

    Koraljka Suton

    Long-time independent filmmaker Abel Ferrara was never one to pander to the expectations of either critics...

  • culture

    ‘The Driver’: Walter Hill Behind the Wheel of a Glorious Experiment

    Sven Mikulec

    Having experienced his screenwriting debut with Hickey & Boggs in 1972, Walter Hill went on to pen several...

  • culture

    This and That: The Duality of Gene Luen Yang

    Tiffany Babb

    Writer and critic Tiffany Babb explores the duality of comic creator Gene Luen Yang's style of storytelling

  • culture

    EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: We Buy Your Kids Talks Art and Influence

    Chloe Maveal

    Sonny and Biddy, the incredible designers behind the team of We Buy Your Kids, sit down with NeoText.

  • culture

    “Game Over, Man”: The Alien Franchise as Working Class Horror

    Chloe Maveal

    An essay exploring the ways in which the Alien movie franchise exposes the horrors of the working class.

  • culture

    No Adam for Eve: The Quiet History of Lesbian Pulp Fiction

    Chloe Maveal

    A look into the history behind lesbian and bisexual themes in mid-century pulp fiction paperbacks.

  • culture

    Bravo for Cartooning!: A Retrospective of Alex Toth

    Chloe Maveal

    With an artistic experience spanning the spa between cartoons and comics and everywhere in between, Alex Toth's career is certainly nothing to scoff at!

  • culture

    In The Shadow Of The Crane

    Karim Hussain csc

    Cinematographer Karim Hussain csc's appreciation of the Louma Crane

  • culture

    How John Schlesinger’s Homeless and Lonesome ‘Midnight Cowboy’ Rode His Way to the Top and Became the First and Only X-rated Movie to Win a Best Picture Oscar

    Koraljka Suton

    A friend of mine, an American painter living in London, had read the book and suggested that I look at it. I read it and thought ‘If I’m going to make a...

  • culture

    The Holy Mountain: A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To Enlightenment

    Chloe Maveal

    An analysis of the themes surrounding gender, sexuality, nature, and enlightenment in Alejandro Jodorowsky's seminal 1973 film, The Holy Mountain.

  • culture

    The Matrix Revelation: How the Wachowskis Opened Our Eyes to a New Kind of Action Cinema

    Tim Pelan

    Few films permeate the gestalt consciousness like Star Wars (“I am your father”, “Use the Force”…

  • culture

    ‘To Live and Die in L.A.’: The Intelligent, Authentic Thriller as One of the Highlights of Friedkin’s Career

    Sven Mikulec

    If you were to compile a list of the most impressive and exhilarating car chases in the history of the motion pictures, it’s more than likely that one ...

  • culture

    ‘Miller’s Crossing’ at 30: A Lamentation of Losers by the Coen Brothers

    Tim Pelan

    After the success of 'Raising Arizona', Joel and Ethan Coen were given the chance to do something a little more ambitious, with a budget of somewhere...

  • culture

    David Gerrold: The Man Who Folded Himself (Into Fiction)

    Chloe Maveal

    A retrospective interview with award-winning science fiction author David Gerrold

  • culture

    Downwards Is the Only Way Forwards: Welcome to David Fincher’s ‘The Game’

    Tim Pelan

    Twenty-one years on, David Fincher’s The Game (1997) has come to be seen as a prescient, schadenfreude look at the gulf between us and the “one ...

  • culture

    ‘Goodfellas’ at 30: Martin Scorsese’s Anthropological Goodlife Through a Lens

    Tim Pelan

    As far back as I can remember, director Martin Scorsese has been synonymous with wiseguys, mooks, goombahs, and spin-on-a-dime funny-how guys delivering...

  • culture

    Noir Cut to Look of the Period, Not About the Period: The Sunny, Seedy ’50’s Underbelly of Curtis Hanson’s ‘L.A. Confidential’

    Tim Pelan

    "I came to it because of Ellroy. When I read ‘L.A. Confidential,’ I just got hooked on the characters, got caught up emotionally in their individual...

  • culture

    How I Define Science Fiction

    Adam Roberts

    Multiple award-winning science fiction author and genre scholar Adam Roberts breaks down his ultimate definition of "Science Fiction."

  • culture

    ‘The Way of the Gun’ Proves There’s Still a Country For Old Men

    Matt Belenky

    Film writer and critic Matt Belenky discusses Christopher McQuirre's neo-western action film 'The Way of the Gun'

  • fact

    Hunting Marlon Brando: A True Story

    Mike Sager

    The worldwide search for the legendary Method actor soon becomes an obsession. The story of one man’s coming of age.

  • fiction

    The Compelled

    Adam Roberts, François Schuiten

    Haunting and evocative, Adam Roberts and François Schuiten present a sci-fi novella where humanity is in the grip of a mysterious compulsion.

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