Someone always gets hurt on Valentine’s Day. Always. There is always more to the story behind those famous lines: “And they all lived happily ever after…” For every happy ending, there is tragedy. For every couple, there is unrequited love. […]
I was confirmed a Catholic. With this sacrament, you take up a saint’s name, so that you may lead your life according to the way they may have led theirs. And so, I chose St. Jude, the patron saint of […]
Death lies not in not being able to communicate but in no longer being understood. —Pier Paolo Pasolini, “A Desperate Vitality,” 1964 I do not mind silence. It demands nothing of me, and I demand nothing of it. A harmony […]
All slasher movies have gimmicks. If we were to take a stroll through the entire history of the sub-genre, then we would find nothing but silly novelties. Terror Train takes place on a train. The Town that Dreaded Sundown presents itself […]
For as long as I can remember, I have always been fascinated with the paranormal. I used to take my friends to a hotel downtown, where we would pay respects to the haunted painting of a little girl in white, […]
We all know that this Halloween will not look like other Halloweens from years past. And yet, the month of October waits for us all the same. It is about time we put the spirit of Halloween back into that […]
When I look back on my memories of trick-or-treating, all I can really remember is the strain of two bobbing peepholes. I only remember as much as those little beads of light. And yet, what horrors would cross them. Droopy-eyed […]
The writers and film lovers here at Full Circle Cinema know that opinions on films are divisive and can get pretty argumentative. But to encourage friendly and lively debate, we have Full Circle Showdown. This series involves an in-depth discussion […]
Does anyone ever feel comfortable talking about sex? We are so afraid to talk about it openly that we always distance ourselves from the subject. Only behind closed doors and underneath bedsheets does sex ever come closest to its intended […]
The politicization of science poses great dangers for humanity. I bear witness. I see all the ways in which 2020, an electoral year for the United States, distorts our reality of a life lived under a pandemic. And with pressures […]
