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I’m not the first to be hostile to Camille Paglia. As the author of Sexual Personae; Break, Blow, Burn; Sex, Art, and American Culture; and Vamps & Tramps, Paglia is something of an expert at ruffling feathers. (Speaking of feathers, she also wrote The Birds, a study of Alfred Hitchcock.) The worlds zigs; Paglia zags. [...]

The fourth annual 31 Horror Films 31 Days Challenge is accomplished. And for the third year straight (let us never speak of 2009!) I claim victory. I prepared a full statement last night. And I quote: Bwa-ahaha-aha-hhah-ahahahaaha-a-ha-a-hahaha-hahh-ah-ahahahaah-ahah-haa-hah-ahahah-hahah-hahhha-a-ah-aaa-ha-ha-ah-aa-ha-haha-ha-ha-haha-a-aha-ha-ah-a-ha-hah-ah-a-aa-hahahaha-aha-ahah-h-ah-a-ha-haa-ah-a-ha-h–ha-hahhahahah-ah-ah-h-a-a-a-ha–a-h-ah-a-h-ah-a-a-h-ahhahahaha-ha-a-ha-h-ahaahhaa-h-a-ha-ha!!!!!!! End quote. This “victory” I speak of was not a comfortable one. I clawed through my 31st film [...]

Here’s something new and clever in Trailerland that I’ve never seen before: Antoine Wilson’s “mockumentary” of filming a book trailer for Panorama City, complete with Rainn Wilson cameo and lots of highly technical stage directions. An author who’s both involved in his own book trailer and having a good time doing it earns high marks [...]