Author Archives: Gods in the Cogs

Metropolis (1927), a movie by Fritz Lang with a script written by his wife, Thea von Harbou, is considered to be an enduring classic film, an epic and beautiful cinematic masterpiece. There exists so much discussion about the aesthetic of this visually stunning film, an example of German Expressionism at it’s finest. Yet at theContinue reading “Workers of Metropolis”

I don’t know about you, but this “Time of COVID” means I have watched more movies than I ever could have hoped to watch in such a short span of time. Our social lives have become mere images of what they once were, as we gather in digital form, “together alone”, in a subtle butContinue reading “HAUSU: An Experience Like NO Other”

You find yourself at home, unable to leave this once comforting place except for basic needs such as groceries, the doctor, or gods forbid, to go to work. In the supermarkets for a time we dealt with insanity and struggled to even acquire toilet paper. There are masks everywhere, a thought that once seemed toContinue reading “During pandemic lockdowns, some people bake bread, and some…well, some create HORROR”

     It’s October; the air is getting crisp, and horror is in the air. The time of year when major film releases of the Horror genre abound. This year perhaps more so than any other in the recent past, calls for indulgence in our guiltiest pleasures in horror as we host at home movieContinue reading “Out for Blood: Vampire Lesbian Tropes Never Grow Old”

     Ah, Fall. If you live near nature, it’s a visually beautiful time of year. The air is getting crisp, and the sun leaves us just a little earlier each day. Leaves rustle and glint in vivid, warm hues above us, filtering the sun, before falling underfoot. And in the stores and places ofContinue reading “Spectres on the Screen”

In this project, I actively engage with my community on the popular app TikTok, along with my own family, to work through the challenges of this isolation and quarantine in a light-hearted and yet pertinent way.. The Quarantine Alphabet yielded a visual confirmation of how my ability to communicate our experiences and eye for socialContinue reading “My Quarantine Alphabet: TikTok compilation”

I had the pleasure of spending a leisurely day with a woman that I’ve known for a long time by many names. A fascinating woman in her own right, her intrigue only builds as you learn more about her and her passions. She is a Satanist and involved in the inner working of The SatanicContinue reading “An Interview with Mercy Maelica, Assistant to Executive Ministry at The Satanic Temple HQ”