Imaginary Worlds: How to Go to Infinity and Beyond
Science Fiction Spaceships
The Kids in the Hall – S04E05
Start at about 13:13 for Sex Girl Patrol
Indigenous Futurisms
From TV and film to novels and video games, the artistic movement of Indigenous Futurisms has been gaining momentum and breaking cultural barriers. I talk with professor and author Grace…
The Set Jet Crowds
When a fantasy or sci-fi story is set in a real location, what happens when fans go to that place looking for a glimpse of magic? How do the locals…
“We Are Lady Parts” Cuts Through the Noise
No trauma porn, no white saviors. While there are no official plans for a second season of We Are Lady Parts, its success has been largely positive. The #weareladyparts tag…
Mj Rodriguez Becomes First Trans Woman Up for Major Acting Emmy
“I do believe this is a pivotal moment. There’s never been a trans woman who has been nominated as a leading outstanding actress and I feel like that pushes the…
Inside The Production Of ‘City Of Ghosts’ With French Animation Studio TeamTO
How to describe City of Ghosts, a new series that leafs through the many layers of Los Angeles’s past? Its creator Elizabeth Ito has disavowed the word “mockumentary”: she didn’t…
Hear Jeff Bezos Roar
As FilmCritHulk explained, the media mega-mergers are not only consolidating power in the industry and narrowing what gets produced, they’re also designed to crush the power of industry unions. For…
I Think You Should Leave’s Hot Dog Guy Is More Than Just a Meme
The sketch, which isn’t on YouTube but you can watch on Netflix, starts after a hot dog–shaped car has crashed into a menswear shop. As the stunned onlookers emerge from…
Satanic Panics and the Death of Mythos
All the stories in humanity’s history that have had a lasting impact on us, from the Bible to Greek myths to the X-Men franchise, have been rich in meaning beyond…