Piercing the Veil: Fatal Fractures and Finality in “BLACK SWAN”
In this final installment of PIERCING THE VEIL, Jillian Kristina exposes fatal fractures and the death of perfection in Darren Aronofsky's 2010 bone-and-mind-breaking "BLACK SWAN."
Piercing the Veil: Meeting the Empress of Rot with “GRETEL AND HANSEL”
The Empress of Rot devours us whole as we travel to the edge of the wood in Osgood Perkins' "GRETEL AND HANSEL."
Piercing the Veil: Burning it all down with “BAGHEAD”
Burn it all down with this installment of PIERCING THE VEIL, as Alberto Corredor's 2023 BAGHEAD sets the stage for revenge, liberation and the purifying fires of the upcoming Full Moon in Scorpio.
Piercing the Veil: Screaming through the echo chamber in “The Invitation”
This week's PIERCING THE VEIL prepares us for next week's eclipse by rattling the echo chambers of love, grief and destruction with Karyn Kusama's 2015 gut punch, THE INVITATION.
Piercing the Veil: Smashing the Patriarchy and Reclaiming the Virgin in “Sister Death”
This installment of PIERCING THE VEIL explores Paco Plaza's SISTER DEATH and all the reasons why we need to question everything that demands our blind devotion.
