Category Archives: Theater Fantastique

Solaris (1972)

Posted on July 20, 2013 at 9:06 am by Jeff Kuykendall

“I knew nothing, and I persisted in the faith that the time of cruel miracles was not past.” -Stanislaw Lem, Solaris (1961) I don’t recall where it was, but when I first learned of the existence of Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris … Continue reading →

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Gog (1954)

Posted on July 13, 2013 at 9:32 am by Jeff Kuykendall

I first read about Gog (1954) as a child, in some library book about robots in science fiction, this film being significant because of its malevolent machines, Gog and Magog, which are apparently named after some apocalyptic prophecy from Ezekiel. … Continue reading →

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Lifeforce (1985)

Posted on June 15, 2013 at 4:25 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

Earlier this year Chicago’s Music Box Theatre hosted the “70mm Festival,” projecting in gorgeous 70mm prints of Vertigo (1958), West Side Story (1961), Lord Jim (1965), Playtime (1967), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), Hamlet (1996), … Continue reading →

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