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In discussing sci fi movies made on basically no budget whatsoever (and watchable and enjoyable), two movies especially come to mind: Primer and Lunopolis. Today we shall deal with Lunopolis. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20fp9blYTvY] Lunopolis is a documentary style movie about conspiracies and […]
Just bear with me for a minute here. So, we have a new movie coming out, Iron Sky. Iron Sky is an upcoming dark sci-fi comedy about Nazis returning from the moon where they fled after WWII, with a soundtrack […]
In 1902, the very first science fiction film was made, A Trip To The Moon. It was made in France, written and directed by Georges Melies with help from his brother Gaston. Being science fiction it is also therefore the first […]
One of the most iconic works to come out of steampunk culture has been the short film Jasper Morello, which uses silhouette puppetry as its style. Recently we just showed a very lovely short film ‘The Invention Of Love‘ which […]
You know what’s kind of steampunk? Mary Poppins. You know what’s awesome? Mary Poppins. You got a problem with Mary Poppins? Gtf outta here right now. You and i have nothing to discuss. Dudes. Dudettes. The Mary Poppins movie is […]
In our perusement of culture from Weimar era Germany, in particular its ground breaking films, we finally arrive at one of the most astonishingly visionary achievements in film history, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Directed by Robert Wein, it predates the other […]
SOooooooo, Terry Gilliam is doing a steampunk animated movie called 1884: Yesterday’s Future. I’m not sure why nobody told me because Terry Gilliam is an anagram in ancient sanskrit for “fucking awesome”. The man truly behind the movie is digital animation […]
Wtf is this? I don’t know. It’s kind of steampunky. It’s art filmly. It’s slow and meditative and strangely creepy. It’s also kind of awesome. Undoubtedly, all will cease after the deep silence. Only will remain thy daughters, through the […]
During the 1920s and 30s, one of the most famous screen detectives, featured in numerous serials and feature films, was Charlie Chan. He was created by writer Earl Derr Biggers as an Asian detective based in Honolulu in an attempt to throw a […]
One of the most influential film makers in experimental film making was the brilliant Maya Deren. The surrealistic films she made during the 1940s influenced generations of underground and avant garde film makers continuing well into today. Her works are gorgeous and […]