Nostalgium Arcanum
A Repository For The Pop Culture That Made Us Who We Are
We found 3 episodes of Nostalgium Arcanum with the tag “gothic”.
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Edward Scissorhands
December 30th, 2024 | 2 hrs 3 mins
1990s, 90s, alan arkin, anthony michael hall, christmas, danny elfman, diane weist, edward scissorhands, fairy tale, goth, gothic, johnny depp, tim burton, vincent price, winona ryder, xmas
For our final Christmas episode of the season we give Tim Burton's haunting answer to the question "Where does snow come from?" This soulful personal tale of loneliness and longing is arguably Burton's finest, and our guest filmmaker Alex Sosin ("The Canyon") is here to discuss why Edward Scissorhands still makes the cut.
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Batman Returns
December 25th, 2023 | 2 hrs 30 mins
1990s, batman, christmas, christopher walken, comic book, comic books, comics, danny devito, danny elfman, dc comics, freaks, gothic, horror, michael keaton, michelle pfeiffer, superhero, tim burton, xmas
It's Christmas in Gotham and writer/director of horror short "The Canyon" Alex Sosin joins to once again delve into Tim Burton's gothic nightmare vision of the Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin in a supersized present of an episode. It's bigger and more unwieldy than its predecessor, but no less compelling and terrifying.
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Batman (1989)
November 20th, 2023 | 2 hrs 14 mins
1980s, 80s, batman, comic, comic book, comic books, comics, dc, dc comics, film, gotham, gothic, horror, jack nicholson, joker, michael keaton, movies, superhero, tim burton
Tim Burton's fantastical vision of the Caped Crusader and his dark gothic expressionist world forever changed the superhero genre, and the way blockbusters are made. This episode writer/director of horror short film The Canyon Alex Sosin (@alexsosin4831) joins me to revisit our shared love of the summer of Batmania.