BFTW

Oct
31
Elevate Me Horror: BFTW 10/31/25

Elevate Me Horror: BFTW 10/31/25

Two great examples of 2025 horror, plus three older, far worse examples of horror I still watched all the way through.
7 min read
Oct
17
Yet More Horror: BFTW 10/17/25

Yet More Horror: BFTW 10/17/25

Thoughts on six scary movies I streamed recently.
6 min read
Sep
26
Deadly Determinism: BFTW 9/26/25

Deadly Determinism: BFTW 9/26/25

Catching up on sone recently streamable horror features, including the latest from Dorky David and the director of Erin Brokovich.
6 min read
Aug
29
Homer Simpson looking at a spoken-word political album.

Pulpit Time: BFTW 8/29/25

Expounding on the state of our society, so I can say I did. Spoiler: rock music will eventually come up.
9 min read
Aug
08
Nonsensical Horror: BFTW 8/8/25

Nonsensical Horror: BFTW 8/8/25

Wondering if horror movies are suffering from a crisis of pretension, and whether I shouldn't have sprung for the AMC+ annual pass.
5 min read
Jul
18
Ripley Don't Surf: BFTW 7/18/25

Ripley Don't Surf: BFTW 7/18/25

Admiring The Clash in a movie they didn't like, plus two sun-soaked murder movies I've liked for years.
6 min read
Jul
11
Foreign Shudders & Old Americana: BFTW 7/11/25

Foreign Shudders & Old Americana: BFTW 7/11/25

Blurbs about the scaries and the '70s, the cold and the cool.
5 min read
May
30
Legos & Order: BFTW 5/30/25

Legos & Order: BFTW 5/30/25

Murder procedurals and Lego movies about pop stars…is there anything else worth watching?
7 min read
May
09
I Saw Yo La Tengo!: BFTW 5/9/25

I Saw Yo La Tengo!: BFTW 5/9/25

Enjoying a forty year old band I've loved for thirty years and last saw twenty years ago. Plus, hot takes on three thrillers!
8 min read
Apr
18
Thanks, Dead: Blurbing FTW 4/18/25

Thanks, Dead: Blurbing FTW 4/18/25

Learning to appreciate the Grateful Dead, plus blurbs about movies with less grateful dead.
7 min read