In our morning reading: a deep dive on “From Hell,” a preview of Grace Krilanovich’s next book, and more.
Morning Bites: Revisiting “From Hell,” Annie Hogan’s Latest, Grace Krilanovich’s Cover, and More
“If Anything, the Film Directs You”: Nicholas Rombes on Making “The Removals”
The Removals, the first film from writer-director Nicholas Rombes, simultaneously occupies a number of bold artistic territories. It’s a speculative work about an underground organization revisiting and re-enacting moments from history to change society to their own end; it’s a paranoid thriller about members of that organization growing disenchanted with it; and it’s about the troubles can come when you attempt to revisit the past. (In this film there are echoes of everything from Charlie Kaufman’s film Synecdoche, New York […]
Reviewed: “The Orange Eats Creeps” by Grace Krilanovich
The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich Two Dollar Radio, 216 p. The publisher’s description of The Orange Eats Creeps made a reference to “hobo vampire junkies….praying to the altar of Poison Idea and GG Allin at basement rock shows.” Right about there, my interest was piqued. Preconceived notions can be a tricky thing. I’ll confess that I was expecting something similar in tone to Kathryn Bigelow’s film Near Dark — a deconstruction of the vampire mythos still capable of evoking terror. But that’s not […]
Reviewed: The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich
The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich Two Dollar Radio, 2010 216 p. Reviewed by Tobias Carroll The publisher’s description of The Orange Eats Creeps made a reference to “hobo vampire junkies….praying to the altar of Poison Idea and GG Allin at basement rock shows.” Right about there, my interest was piqued. Preconceived notions can be a tricky thing. I’ll confess that I was expecting something similar in tone to Kathryn Bigelow’s film Near Dark — a deconstruction of the […]