I'm sure everyone will agree that the last 2 years have been difficult. And let me tell you, I really, desperately need a vacation.

So what's a girl to do? The answer is obviously to surrender my body to a lingering spirit.

The first wave of the 2021 festival program is HERE!
Read up on our Opening Night film + 7 more titles…

Now when I say this Monster Week special stuck with me, I don’t necessarily mean that in a good way. At the time, MERMAIDS was Animal Planet’s most-watched program ever, and people didn’t get the memo that it was fake.

Our plan is to continue showing the films of the past and examining them in the modern context. Not every film ages well and that’s a part of the exploration as well…what does an older film mean to today’s world? What can we excavate?

There always seems to be a disconnect between dystopian fiction and their Hollywood film adaptations. Hollywood seems unwilling or incapable of allowing their lead actresses to look less than perfect.

please stop blaming things on the moon, except for werewolves, that one is all the moon’s fault.

We are so excited to introduce you to our new artist, Texas-bred and LA-based Lauren Kitching! Outreach Director Tessa Morrison tracked her down and asked her a few questions about her art, SciFi, body positivity, and life in general.

My reaction when hearing of a celebrity death is typically “Oh. Well that’s a shame.” And then Anthony Bourdain killed himself.

Reactions to the deaths of celebrities are strange when you stop to think about them. These are people we didn’t know. When one does pass on, we usually celebrate their work… So what do you do when one passes on in a horrific way that doesn’t call for celebration?

To this day, I see posts reminding me and others who may be suffering with their own mental health issues, that “Space Mom would want us to take our meds and take care of ourselves.”

I think one of the things I subconsciously appreciated the most about the artist was the way he often took on a female voice in his songs, singing from a perspective that was rarely heard in rock and roll. His was an ambiguous, androgynous, amorphous sexuality in the same way David Bowie’s had been in the decade prior.

The movies got it all wrong when it comes to traveling through a wormhole. I wasn’t in an empty space, and there were no crazy lights flashing. No, it was me and a bunch of worms. Who knew?

I’ll discuss some of the most dynamite scenes in SciFi that blew up our imagination, in no particular order. (Most of these films are over 20 years old and I shouldn't worry about people crying about spoilers, but we live in a society where people blame me for their not watching classics. So, here is a warning for potential explosive spoilers ahead).

We get alter-egos, ambitious storylines, and style to boot. I've compiled a grouping of videos that run the gamut from robots to aliens to scientists.

In THE TRIBE, director Roxy Shih explores the "post-apocalyptic wasteland" setting with a new type of hero: the teenage girl.

Revisiting the band M83’s “Hurry Up We’re Dreaming” Trilogy: three music videos over which unfolds a tale of the escape, chase, and subsequent freedom of a group supernaturally gifted children. It is awesome.

Happy Independence Day, also known as the anniversary of the day Will Smith saved the entire human race in 1996. While hardly the most prolific actor working, Will Smith does seem to save the world more than his fair share of times.

It’s not like the filmmakers were approaching the film attempting to examine deep questions about our future…Their idea was to put Jason on a spaceship and let him do his thing. On that merit, they succeeded.