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![Makoto Shinkai’s first short is a brief, elegiac piece about the way a happy young cat views his apparently troubled master. There are three versions of the short – one […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/she-and-her-cat-115x115.jpg "She and Her Cat")
She and Her Cat
Posted on February 1, 2014 | No CommentsMakoto Shinkai’s first short is a brief, elegiac piece about the way a happy young cat views his apparently troubled master. There are three versions of the short – one […] -
![Notable characters Tom Welles (P.I., nominal hero): is an edgy average man; usually speaks in a somnambulant monotone when not overly and self-righteously indignant; smokes behind his wife’s back; went […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/8mm-115x115.jpg "8mm")
8mm
Posted on January 24, 2014 | No CommentsNotable characters Tom Welles (P.I., nominal hero): is an edgy average man; usually speaks in a somnambulant monotone when not overly and self-righteously indignant; smokes behind his wife’s back; went […] -
![A rainy-day tapestry of fear, failure, and forgiveness. Really, it’s a pop opera (with a score by Harry Nilsson and Aimee Mann), and the characters don’t know it until they […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/ruas-magnolia-home-115x115.png "Magnolia")
Magnolia
Posted on June 2, 2012 | No CommentsA rainy-day tapestry of fear, failure, and forgiveness. Really, it’s a pop opera (with a score by Harry Nilsson and Aimee Mann), and the characters don’t know it until they […] -
![Books are mental landscapes. They may contain direct representations of external realities (maps, charts, words that describe worlds) but they are, in and of themselves, complete things. The idea that […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ninthgate-115x115.jpg "The Ninth Gate")
The Ninth Gate
Posted on November 28, 2009 | No CommentsBooks are mental landscapes. They may contain direct representations of external realities (maps, charts, words that describe worlds) but they are, in and of themselves, complete things. The idea that […] -
![Plastic Suede. Even if the British press (and the rest of us) moved on when guitarist Bernard Butler did, Suede has enough sturm und drang to keep on keepin’ on. […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/headmusic-115x115.jpg "Suede – Head Music")
Suede – Head Music
Posted on November 2, 2009 | No CommentsPlastic Suede. Even if the British press (and the rest of us) moved on when guitarist Bernard Butler did, Suede has enough sturm und drang to keep on keepin’ on. […] -
![I don’t understand Charisma. The bare facts of the narrative are clear, but damned if it isn’t one of the most befuddling, obscure and confounding movies I’ve seen. Twice now […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/charisma-115x115.jpg "Charisma")
Charisma
Posted on October 31, 2005 | No CommentsI don’t understand Charisma. The bare facts of the narrative are clear, but damned if it isn’t one of the most befuddling, obscure and confounding movies I’ve seen. Twice now […] -
![Little known is Ramsey Campbell in the U.S. He’s a great, prolific writer of supernatural horror and dark suspense. But it wasn’t until I saw The Nameless that I saw […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nameless-115x115.jpg "The Nameless")
The Nameless
Posted on July 31, 2005 | No CommentsLittle known is Ramsey Campbell in the U.S. He’s a great, prolific writer of supernatural horror and dark suspense. But it wasn’t until I saw The Nameless that I saw […] -
![A man carries a plastic bag. Through a tear in the bag, we see a human eye. The eye blinks. The heroine, Tsukiko, hangs with her friends, takes photographs, and […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tomie-115x115.jpg "Tomie")
Tomie
Posted on September 26, 2004 | No CommentsA man carries a plastic bag. Through a tear in the bag, we see a human eye. The eye blinks. The heroine, Tsukiko, hangs with her friends, takes photographs, and […]