The Frida Cinema

Frida writing team member Josh Green examines the questions of identity and gender-fluidity tackled by Julia Ducournau's Titane.
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Frida writing team member Josh Green shares his impressions of Possession in anticipation of his first time watching it this weekend.
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“KTFC: Scene Selections” is a series of conversations between Anthony McKelroy, Miquela Davis, and a rotating cast of friends of The Frida Cinema. Tune in as we dissect shot compositions, overanalyze subtext, and wait for our coronavirus vaccines. Scene Selections is honored to welcome Dr. Kevin O’Brien to the show to discuss the best of Soviet Cinema. Dr. O’Brien has a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley and also studied at St. Petersburg University in Russia. He teaches course topics on 19th and 20th century Russian literature, poetry, and the 20th Century Russian avant-garde.
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The critically praised and fan-favorite horror documentary series Eli Roth’s History of Horror, from AMC, made its season three premiere on October 1, 2021. The showrunner for Eli Roth's History of Horror, Kurt Sayenga, is an established television documentary series director, writer, and executive producer, who's best known for the science television documentary programs Through the Wormhole, Microkillers, Origins: The Journey of Mankind, and Breakthrough. Sayenga is a film buff and dedicated horror film fan, who, combined with the talents of horror master Eli Roth, created a program delighting both staunch horror movie fans and casual viewers. Sayenga shares with us what it takes to develop a horror documentary series, the films that make the series, and the impact of horror cinema. Bonilla: When you’re developing the episodes, is it the film topics, or the films of interest that come first? Sayenga: It’s a little of both. We come up with general topics that fit into the template that we’ve
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Frida Content Editor Reggie Peralta picks up where our Soviet September series leaves off with an examination of 5 more movies from Russia and the former USSR.
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