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Criswell Predicts Climate Change
Read the forbidden predictions of the Amazing Criswell, king of the pop celebrity psychics, noted for his bizarre predictions and Ed Wood films!
Edwin Lee Canfield
10th January 2023
Pop & Unpop Culture. The best in independent publishing.
Read the forbidden predictions of the Amazing Criswell, king of the pop celebrity psychics, noted for his bizarre predictions and Ed Wood films!
Modern Britain by way of monsters, hauntology, and darker legends. DAVID KEREKES investigates The Horror Show! exhibition.
Gangsters seek refuge and lose themselves in Cul-de-sac, a 1966 film by Roman Polanski. But what is on Teresa’s turntable? Mark Goodall dons the headphones.
Traditional folk music with a peppermint flavour. David Kerekes reviews Deep In The Woods: pastoral psychedelia & funk folk 1968-1975.
Curated tracks from material that features in the series, Gathering of the Tribe. Features drug music, landscapes as sound, ritual music and more.
Jennifer Wallis reviews the new edition of Nigel Kneale’s Tomato Cain and Other Stories, recently released by Comma Press.
A list of films discussed in the recent Offbeat online panel event, handily crafted so you can mark them off as you listen. Remember, this is just for fun.
Jennifer Wallis watches Rituals (1977) and explores Canadian wilderness on film in the tax shelter era.
Lust for Life, a 1956 biopic of artist Vincent Van Gogh, was shot on redundant film stock at director Vincente Minnelli’s insistence. Why?
One special effect would dominate the film — the parting of the Red Sea. Julian Upton crosses Cecil B. DeMille’s Biblical 1956 epic, The Ten Commandments.
A paranormal experience leads David Kerekes to consider two magazine subscriptions and ‘reality’ as a metaphor for the human condition.
Julian Upton talks about obscure British movies and their part in his book, Offbeat: British Cinema’s Curiosities, Obscurities and Forgotten Gems.
Power Snatched artwork by L Jamal Walton
Power Snatched artwork by L Jamal Walton
