October 18, 2019
Welcome to Day 18 of The Kasturi/Files at Speculative Chic, where Gemma Files and Sandra Kasturi discuss things filmish, things bookish, and things cocktailish. Today we look at Jim Jarmusch’s elegant little vampire comedy-drama, Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), starring Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston as extremely long-term significant others, and Mia Wasikowska as a kind of bratty younger sister.…
October 17, 2019
Welcome to Day 17 in our month-long horror movie madness here at Speculative Chic! Today on The Kasturi/Files, we talk about Jordan Peele’s deeply strange movie, Us. Plus a weird cocktail. This time we had a tough time finding book recommendations that really fit, because Peele’s movie is so uniquely his own very odd thing, that we couldn’t think of…
October 16, 2019
It’s the Ides of October! The very hinge of the month! Welcome to Days 15 and 16 of The Kasturi/Files here at Speculative Chic! It’s a double-episode Spook-tacular! A Spec Chic SMACKDOWN! Could we use more exclamation points? Yes!!!! We’re basically halfway through the month, and on a roll. To have some fun, we thought we’d revisit a couple of,…
October 16, 2019
Happy October, Chicers! The air is crisp, everything is pumpkin-spice flavor, and my boots and sweaters are back in rotation. In other words, it’s decorative gourd season, mofos! (FYI, that article is a classic, but probably NSFW.) Not to mention, this awesome month comes with a prominent holiday: Columbus Day, where we celebrate the raping, plundering, and enslavement of… Wait. We…
October 14, 2019
It’s Thanksgiving Monday for the Canadians, and Day 14 for The Kasturi/Files here at Speculative Chic! Welcome back, and happy turkey day. We have just the thing for you to read now that you’re a bloated stupor and need a bit of a pick-me-up. What better than to argue about films, booze and books? Join us — Sandra Kasturi and…
October 13, 2019
It’s Lucky Day 13 for The Kasturi/Files here at Speculative Chic! If you’re new to this journey through horror movies for the month of October — welcome! And if you’ve been following us every day — welcome back! We bring you chitchat about our favorite (and sometimes not-so-favorite) dark and weird movies, and we throw you some book recs, and…
October 12, 2019
. . . or “I See Dead People and Should Maybe Not Have So Much Tequila” It’s Day 12 here at Speculative Chic for the Kasturi/Files as we wend our way through the burnt-leaf October days of this horror movie extravaganza of chitchat, film discussion, book recs, and cocktail recipes from Sandra Kasturi and Gemma Files!
October 11, 2019
Day 11 of our ongoing October horror movie series here at Speculative Chic! Chitchat, film discussion, book recs, and cocktail ideas from Sandra Kasturi and Gemma Files! Welcome back to The Kasturi/Files!
October 10, 2019
Day 10 of our ongoing October horror movie series here at Speculative Chic — and now for more sunny horror for The Kasturi/Files! Chitchat, film discussion, book recs, and cocktail ideas from Gemma Files and Sandra Kasturi!
October 9, 2019
The High Unholy Days of October continue with The Kasturi/Files at Speculative Chic, now with a spanking new movie for Day 9! Plus, of course, cocktail and book pairings. Today we’re covering the ’90s horror classic, Candyman.