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Author: Penny Folger

's Big Adventure
Comedy

Pee-wee Herman: Godhead Among Men

Frida writing team member Penny Folger takes a look back at Pee-wee Herman’s Big Adventure in memory of the late, great Paul Reubens.

Tommy
Featured / Highlight

Tommy: A Phantasmorgic Kaleidoscopic Rock Opera that Continues to Stand the Test of Time

Frida writing team member Penny Folger dives into Ken Russell’s fantastical rock musical Tommy.

Peeping Tom
Featured / Highlight

The Voyeurism of Peeping Tom

Frida writing team member Penny Folger takes a look at Peeping Tom, Michael Powell’s disturbing 1960 thriller.

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Comedy

Class Eruptions: Ruben Ostlund’s Triangle of Sadness

Frida writing team member Penny Folger takes a look at the politics of Triangle of Sadness, Ruben Ostland’s 2022 black comedy.

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Drama

Portrait of A Woman Lost: Barbara Loden’s Wanda

Frida writing team member Penny Folger takes a look at Wanda, Barbara Loden’s 1970 indie drama.

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Action

A Western in South Central: John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13

Frida writing team member Penny Folger explores the gritty action of Assault on Precinct 13.

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Drama

Merry Christmas, Mr. Kubrick: Eyes Wide Shut

Frida writing team member Penny Folger examines the sensual mystery of Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut.

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Art/Experimental

Tales from the Gimli Hospital Redux: Inside the Mind of Guy Maddin

Frida writing team member Penny Folger explores the avant-garde production and themes of Guy Maddin’s Tales from the Gimli Hospital Redux.

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Featured / Highlight

Science vs. Anti-Gods: John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness

Frida writing team member Penny Folger takes a look at John Carpenter’s cosmic horror film Prince of Darkness.

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Cage Match

Nic Cage, Vampire’s Kiss, and The Birth of a Superstar

Frida writing team member Penny Folger explores the wacky horror of Vampire’s Kiss, screening as part of our Cage Match series.

All That Jazz
Featured / Highlight

Dancing Toward Death: Bob Fosse and All That Jazz

Frida writing team member Penny Folger dives into the thematic and narrative threads tying Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz together.

The Conversation
Drama

Listening In on Life: Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation

Frida writing team member Penny Folger discusses The Conversation, the tense 1974 surveillance thriller by Francis Ford Coppola.