Mind the fog and join Andrea and Alex as they explore the dark hallways of Alejandro Amenábar’s The Others. From geopolitics to religion and the weight of motherhood, not everything in the film is as it appears.
Class of 2025 Merch is now available! Thanks to Caleb Milatovic and Rachelle Walker for the incredible design!
REQUIRED READING
The Others. Dir. Alejandro Amenábar, 2001.
EXTRA CREDIT
“Nicole Kidman made a horror movie about Tom Cruise and Scientology.” A video exploration of Kidman’s performance under the watchful eye of Scientology.
Taken from Life: The Unsettling Art of Death Photography. The history and science of capturing images of the dearly departed.
The Birth of Purgatory by Jacques Le Goff. How Catholicism decided it needed a third state between heaven and hell.
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If the mother is being kept in purgatory for her sins, then what are her children there for?
This was incredibly helpful in settling some debates my partner and I had about the plot! Many thanks.
On an unrelated note, if you two fac have not caught this band, BURNING WITCHES will be in Toronto April 23rd – worth checking out! 🙂