The Magic Lantern

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Episode 034 – Once

Posted November 7, 2016 • 00:56:19

“A little movie called Once gave me enough inspiration to last the rest of the year” – Steven Spielberg (USA Today) Me too, Steven! Once (Carney,...

Episode 033 – The Magic Jack O’Lantern 2016

Posted October 31, 2016 • 01:08:39

In this episode, The Magic Jack O’Lantern 2016, we bring you our list of viewing tricks and treats to celebrate the season. We watched one Halloween...

Episode 032 – Halloween

Posted October 23, 2016 • 01:23:19

I was eight years old when I saw the first television commercial for John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978) and it was galvanizing. At that age, my horror...

Episode 031 – Black Christmas

Posted October 10, 2016 • 01:11:51

I resisted the pull of Black Christmas (Clark, 1974) for a very long time. Too long. I thought it was going to be too scary (it is), or too violent...

Episode 030 – The Exiles

Posted September 26, 2016 • 01:27:16

Kent Mackenzie’s The Exiles (1961) was one of the first films to portray Native Americans as actual flesh and blood human beings with dreams, hopes,...