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[film club] AI Girlfriends and Blade Runner 2049
Posted on
31st Aug 2026
The latest installment of HOUDINI's [film club] -- And1 presents us with a final thinkpiece in their series on male loneliness, porn, and AI viewed through the lens of modern Hollywood movies. Today's target is the sequel to the cyberpunk classic, "Blade Runner."
[film club] Male Loneliness in Spike Jonze's Her (2013)
Posted on
16th Aug 2026
And1 returns with their ongoing series about male loneliness, porn, and AI through the lens of modern Hollywood movies. This week on [film club], they set their sights on Spike Jonze's prophetic tale of AI psychosis, "Her."
[film club] Her Private Hell
Posted on
28th Jul 2026
Our resident surrealist shares his semi-automatic thoughts on Nicolas Winding Refn's newly-minted sci-fi thriller, "Her Private Hell." Is the pinnacle of Ripperology in the 21st-Century Achieved through "It Girl" Giallobrutalism?
[film club] A Look at Don Jon (2013)
Posted on
10th Jul 2026
In the latest installment of HOUDINI Magazine's Film Club, And1basketballshorts waxes on gooning, porn addiction, and male loneliness through a deep-dive review of Joseph Gordon-Levitt's 2013 rom-com Don Jon.
[film club] Lesbian Film & TV Essentials
Posted on
24th Apr 2026
Famed dyke and queer media connoisseur Roach gifts us a list of must-watch lesbian media for cuffing season.
[film club] Sony Revives Faces of Death
Posted on
16th Feb 2026
The original gooner gore flick returns. We breakdown Sony's effort to revive 1978's Faces of Death by way of director Daniel Goldhaber.
[film club] A 1971 Interview with George Romero
Posted on
2nd Feb 2026
Get George Romero's unfiltered thoughts in a rare 1971 interview. The Night of the Living Dead director discusses the film's accidental allegory, his fight for creative control, and his true vision for horror. Go beyond the zombie with his candid views on censorship, studio pressure, and the film he really wanted to make.