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The Fall of the House of Usher | Gloom and decay in Poe’s gothic parable

The Fall of the House of Usher | Gloom and decay in Poe’s gothic parable

The Fall of the House of Usher by E. A. Poe is a tale about decay, paranoia, and mental illness with a strong and enduring legacy.

Wuthering Heights | When love becomes an obsession

Wuthering Heights | When love becomes an obsession

Wuthering Heights, written by Emily Brontë in 1847, tells about the uncontrolled passion between Catherine and Heathcliff.

Tiffany McDaniel’s The summer that melted everything

Tiffany McDaniel’s The summer that melted everything

Thick, shiny, sticky, and sour like cranberry juice, The summer that melted everything possesses a sense of predestination and disaster that goes hand in hand with the lyricism of writing. It’s the end of May when Sal, a 13-year-old boy who claims to be the devil, comes to Breathed.

Rebecca | Alfred Hitchcock's psychological thriller

Rebecca | Alfred Hitchcock's psychological thriller

Hitchcock’s first American production and only of his films to win the Oscar for Best Picture, Rebecca is the tale of the second Mrs. De Winter.

Parasite | Defying definition and labels

Parasite | Defying definition and labels

With Parasite, Bong Joon Ho constructs a contemporary domestic gothic, a tale of class warfare that implicates all of its characters, and leaves the audience wondering who the title is really describing.

Disintegration | A journey of purification and reconstruction

Disintegration | A journey of purification and reconstruction

Disintegration was The Cure's first commercial peak and marked a return to the introspective Gothic rock style established in the early 1980s.

Vincent | Tim Burton's First Experiment in Style

Vincent | Tim Burton's First Experiment in Style

Vincent is the first stop-motion movie by Tim Burton. Produced in 1982, it was never released: it was considered too scary and macabre.

Last Night in Soho | A glamorous tribute to the swinging 60's

Last Night in Soho | A glamorous tribute to the swinging 60's

In Last Night in Soho, Eloise Turner, an odd and naive 21st-century teenager played by Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit), leaves the countryside

The Fall of the House of Usher | Gloom and decay in Poe’s gothic parable

23 December, 2023

The Fall of the House of Usher | Gloom and decay in Poe’s gothic parable

The Fall of the House of Usher by E. A. Poe is a tale about decay, paranoia, and mental illness with a strong and enduring legacy.

Wuthering Heights | When love becomes an obsession

26 October, 2021

Wuthering Heights | When love becomes an obsession

Wuthering Heights, written by Emily Brontë in 1847, tells about the uncontrolled passion between Catherine and Heathcliff.

Tiffany McDaniel’s The summer that melted everything

10 November, 2020

Tiffany McDaniel’s The summer that melted everything

Thick, shiny, sticky, and sour like cranberry juice, The summer that melted everything possesses a sense of predestination and disaster that goes hand in hand with the lyricism of writing. It’s the end of May when Sal, a 13-year-old boy who claims to be the devil, comes to Breathed.

Rebecca | Alfred Hitchcock's psychological thriller

25 November, 2020

Rebecca | Alfred Hitchcock's psychological thriller

Hitchcock’s first American production and only of his films to win the Oscar for Best Picture, Rebecca is the tale of the second Mrs. De Winter.

Parasite | Defying definition and labels

04 November, 2020

Parasite | Defying definition and labels

With Parasite, Bong Joon Ho constructs a contemporary domestic gothic, a tale of class warfare that implicates all of its characters, and leaves the audience wondering who the title is really describing.

Disintegration | A journey of purification and reconstruction

09 August, 2021

Disintegration | A journey of purification and reconstruction

Disintegration was The Cure's first commercial peak and marked a return to the introspective Gothic rock style established in the early 1980s.

Vincent | Tim Burton's First Experiment in Style

13 July, 2022

Vincent | Tim Burton's First Experiment in Style

Vincent is the first stop-motion movie by Tim Burton. Produced in 1982, it was never released: it was considered too scary and macabre.

Last Night in Soho | A glamorous tribute to the swinging 60's

12 January, 2022

Last Night in Soho | A glamorous tribute to the swinging 60's

In Last Night in Soho, Eloise Turner, an odd and naive 21st-century teenager played by Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit), leaves the countryside