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An independent publication that still believes in long-form music and film journalism. https://www.splittoothmedia.com/

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Split Tooth Media@splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Taking a 500-year-old New Year’s tradition from Switzerland as its subject, 'Silvesterchlausen' harbors a fascination with self-sustaining cultures and the mystique of an unbroken continuum. Oliver O'Sullivan explores Andrew Norman Wilson's 2025 film for New Year's Eve!

Time Regression: Andrew Norman Wilson’s ‘Silvesterchlausen’ (2025) - Split Tooth Media

'Silvesterchlausen' harbors a fascination with the impenetrable mystique of a 500-year-old New Year's tradition from Switzerland.

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Split Tooth Media@splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The 2025 Split Tooth Holiday Special is now available! Check out the online premiere of Jordan Lisi’s 12 AND MORE OMISSIONS with an intro by @whitecitycinema.bsky.social and post-film conversation between Lisi and Shaun Seneviratne! www.splittoothmedia.com/12-and-more-...

The 2025 Split Tooth Holiday Special: '12 And More Omissions' (Jordan Lisi, 2024) Online Premiere - Split Tooth Media

In our first holiday special, we present the online premiere of Lisi's debut feature alongside a video introduction and post-film interview.

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Split Tooth Media@splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Many are the Christmas stories about anxieties of existence, but 'Dead Man’s Letters' (1986) is one of the only truly existential Christmas movies. Oliver O'Sullivan explores the first entry in Konstantin Lopushansky’s decades-spanning Apocalypse Quartet.

Nuclear Winter Wonderland: Konstantin Lopushansky’s ‘Dead Man’s Letters’ (1986) - Split Tooth Media

Many are the Christmas stories about anxieties of existence, but Dead Man’s Letters is one of the only truly existential Christmas movies.

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Split Tooth Media@splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Before 'Home Alone,' René Manzor created a darker Christmas home invasion film. Craig Wright explores 'Deadly Games: Dial Code Santa Claus,' in which a child’s wish to see Santa turns into a battle to the death.

The Blood Red Robes of St. Nick: ‘Deadly Games: Dial Code Santa Claus’ (1989) - Split Tooth Media

Before Home Alone, René Manzor created a darker Christmas home invasion film where a child's wish to see Santa turns deadly.

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Split Tooth Media@splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 8mo ago

An update of 'The McPherson Tape,' ‘Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County’ (1998) similarly duped audiences with home video of aliens arriving on Thanksgiving well before the found-footage boom arrived.

Pan-and-Scan Thanksgiving: 'Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County' (1998) - Split Tooth Media

An update of 'The McPherson Tape,' 'Alien Abduction' similarly aimed to dupe audiences with found-footage of aliens arriving on Thanksgiving.

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Split Tooth Media@splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Young Fresh Fellows are back with a new version of their new LP 'Loft' for Record Store Day Black Friday! Scott McCaughey (@theeminus5.bsky.social) returns to Split Tooth to discuss the making of the special guest-filled album, recording in Wilco's Loft, and the latest chapter of the band’s career.

Morphine Drip of Heaven: Scott McCaughey on the Young Fresh Fellows' 'Loft' - Split Tooth Media

Scott McCaughey discusses the making of 'Loft,' the special guest-filled album, and the latest chapter of the band's career.

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Split Tooth Media@splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The year R.W. Fassbinder died, a group of his collaborators, including Udo Kier, met on an island in the Philippines to make an exploitation film. The production and the resulting movie were anything but what was expected. Read about the making of 'The Island of the Bloody Plantation' (1983) on ST!

Chaos in the South Pacific: The Making of 'The Island of the Bloody Plantation' (1983) - Split Tooth Media

When R.W. Fassbinder’s collaborators met in the Philippines to make an exploitation film, the production was anything but what was expected.

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Split Tooth Media@splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Happy to officially announce Make More Movies, a new Split Tooth podcast about independent filmmaking where Aaron Bartuska interviews various DIY artists about what keeps them creating. Listen to the first three episodes now, including the latest installment featuring Aidan Cronin!

Make More Movies: An Independent Film Podcast - Split Tooth Media

A new Split Tooth podcast about independent filmmaking where Aaron Bartuska interviews various DIY filmmakers about what keeps them creating.

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Split Tooth Media@splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Presented on crumpled and torn paper, ‘The Timekeepers of Eternity’ is a re-adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘The Langoliers’ that resembles a story being devoured as it passes

Paperback: Prisoners of the Printed Page and the Frayed Aesthetics of ‘The Timekeepers of Eternity’ (2021) - Split Tooth Media

Presented on crumpled and torn paper, 'The Timekeepers of Eternity' is a re-adaptation of Stephen King's 'The Langoliers.'

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Split Tooth Media@splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Our latest Archive Pick is Shane Pfender's 2019 letter to 'Death Bed: The Bed That Eats' director George Barry. Originally published during our first October Horror series, Shane's handwritten letter is as bizarrely poetic as 'Death Bed' itself. www.splittoothmedia.com/death-bed/

A Letter to George Barry, creator of 'Death Bed: The Bed That Eats,' from Shane Pfender - Split Tooth Media

"I have been your bed. I too am the artist, sealed behind the wall, lazily remarking on the divine evil that animates my every bone."

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Split Tooth Media@splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Despite its utter obscurity and incomplete status, the mysterious three-hour ‘Les Proies du Mal’ may be Antoine Pellissier’s masterpiece. @valbarano.bsky.social explores the remains of the 1982 underground horror epic.

Say a Spell: An Incomplete Excavation of Antoine Pellissier’s 'Les Proies du Mal' (1982) - Split Tooth Media

Despite its utter obscurity and incomplete status, the mysterious three-hour epic may be Antoine Pellissier’s masterpiece.

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Split Tooth Media@splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Today for October Horror, you can read and listen to a new career-spanning interview with ‘CAMP’ and ‘Honeycomb’ director Avalon Fast, a filmmaker whose work confronts horror in genre-defying fashion.

Self-Expression Through “Girl Horror”: The Films of Avalon Fast - Split Tooth Media

Read and listen to a career-spanning interview with CAMP and Honeycomb director Avalon Fast, a filmmaker whose work confronts horror in genre-defying fashion Author’s note: Excerpts throughout this pi...

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Split Tooth Media@splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Don Dohler's 'Fiend' (1980) strikes a fascinating balance by being the film that brushes most closely to the filmmaker's own life while being the bleakest of his early features. @brettsplittooth.bsky.social explores Dohler's block party dirge for October Horror 2025!

Baltimore Gothic: Don Dohler’s ‘Fiend’ (1980) - Split Tooth Media

Fiend strikes a fascinating balance by being the film that brushes closest to Dohler's own life and the bleakest of his early features.

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Split Tooth Media@splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Aidan Cronin’s films are in conversation with anxieties that we have all faced, or will face in the future. Aaron Bartuska spoke with the filmmaker about his various artistic endeavors and his latest feature, 'The Birds Tell Me All There Is To Know.'

Aidan Cronin: The Split Tooth Interview - Split Tooth Media

Cronin's films are in conversation with universal anxieties that we have all faced, or will face in the future.

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Split Tooth Media@splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 10mo ago

A film about coercion that is itself coercive, 'In the Dark' (2000) draws on imminent cultural anxieties as a young woman accepts a challenge from an unknown Master of Games. Read the latest October Horror piece from @stephenbroomer.bsky.social!

'In the Dark' (2000): Temptation and the Willing Victim - Split Tooth Media

A film about coercion that is itself coercive, 'In the Dark' draws on cultural anxieties as a woman accepts a challenge from a Master of Games

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