Tag Archives: Film

Disney’s Walpurgisnacht

Posted on 30th April 2016 by William the Bloody

Witches and magical transformations are themes that OGOM will be pursuing over the next year or so. Disney’s wonderful adaptation of Walpurgisnacht in Fantasia (1941) makes full use of the potential of cinematic technology to depict the transformative powers of … Continue reading →

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Supernatural Shakespeare

Posted on 21st April 2016 by firekrank

Shakespeare’s 400th Deathday* is fast approaching and there are plenty of activities taking place to commemorate this. One article which has caught my eye is called ‘”Supp’d full with horrors”: 400 years of Shakespeare’s supernaturalism’. It’s an excellent overview of … Continue reading →

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The Witch and Fast Anchor Film Festival 2017

Posted on 25th March 2016 by William the Bloody

An opportunity for up-and-coming film makers to submit entries to this festival and perhaps win an award. This site also features a review by Charlotte Haley of Robert Eggars’s current film The Witch: A New England Folk-Tale; Charlotte draws briefly … Continue reading →

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CFA – ‘The Comic Work of Neil Gaiman: In Darkness, In Light, and In Shadow’

Posted on 14th March 2016 by firekrank

The following CFA has been released: ‘Call for submissions to an edited collection requested by publisher Since his seminal writing on The Sandman (1989-present) and long since before and after on works such as Batman, Miracleman, The Books of Magic, … Continue reading →

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CFP: Theorising the Popular

Posted on 16th February 2016 by firekrank

The ‘Theorising the Popular’ conference will be taking place at Liverpool Hope University, 28th-29th June 2016. They are asking for abstracts of 300 words on any aspect of studying popular culture within academia which should be received by 31st March … Continue reading →

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CFP: Science Fiction Film and Television

Posted on 11th February 2016 by firekrank

The ‘Science Fiction Film and Television’ journal have released the following on their Facebook page: ‘Science Fiction Film and Television continues to invite submissions for upcoming issues. Preferred length for articles is approximately 7000-9000 words; all topics related to science … Continue reading →

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Poe: Three Animations of ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’

Posted on 26th January 2016 by William the Bloody

It was Edgar Allen Poe’s birth date on 19 January; here (slightly late) are three very different animations of Poe’s classic tale ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’, with an accompanying essay by Josh Jones and links to further resources. Each one captures … Continue reading →

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Song of the Sea

Posted on 25th January 2016 by William the Bloody

More on selkies, who are exercising their fascination over me more and more. If I disappear, it will be because I have become spellbound by a sea maiden. This trailer for Song of the Sea was passed on to me … Continue reading →

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Angela Carter: Lisa Appignanesi on ‘The Company of Wolves’

Posted on 25th January 2016 by William the Bloody

More on Angela Carter (I forgot to include this!). A special showing of Neil Jordan’s brilliant film The Company of Wolves, based on Carter’s stories: 26 February 2016 at 7 p.m., London Review Bookshop: Lisa Appignesi introduces it. Neil Jordan’s … Continue reading →

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David Bowie, Cat People

Posted on 12th January 2016 by William the Bloody

We’re not quite in the Company of Wolves, but Bowie’s theme song for Paul Schrader’s 1982 remake of the classic Val Lewton/Jacques Tourneur feline shapeshifting film Cat People (1942) is yet another OGOM link.

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