Author Archives: Stephen Futterer

“Mythological Inversion”

Film remakes have long been with us. A Star Is Born has been done four times (1937, 1954, 1976, and 2018), and no doubt it will be revived again. I’ve seen recent previews for the third retelling of both Lord of the Flies (1963, 1990, and 2026 on Netflix) and Cape Fear (1962, 1991, andContinue reading ““Mythological Inversion””

“They’re HERE… and they’re LOUD!!”

I started reading the collection of short stories by Martin Amis called “Heavy Water” and straight away he has inspired me. In the first story “Career Move”, we get a flailing screenwriter who has submitted numerous efforts to an industry insider but to no avail. In an angry letter after many months without reply, heContinue reading ““They’re HERE… and they’re LOUD!!””

“Yup, just like a baby…”

Apologies to my loyal supporters for this ongoing one-note samba of mine. It’s just so-much-fuckin’-fun to skewer the Grifter-in-Chief, who is dragging our country into the septic sinkhole of his malignant narcissism. We will eventually recover but not without much disfiguring scar tissue. This is for us, collectively, what they euphemistically call on the playgroundContinue reading ““Yup, just like a baby…””