October 24, 2019
It’s Day 24 of The Kasturi/Files here at Speculative Chic as we continue through the October days of this horror movie extravaganza of chitchat, film discussion, book recs, and cocktail recipes from Sandra Kasturi and Gemma Files!
October 23, 2019
It’s Day 23 of The Kasturi/Files at Speculative Chic! Gemma Files and Sandra Kasturi talk about horror movies every day in this Halloween month. Today we continue across the world to Singapore and the Philippines for some ghostly doings in a girls’ school. (Some spoilers!)
October 22, 2019
It’s Day 22 of The Kasturi/Files at Speculative Chic! We’re in the home stretch! Gemma Files and Sandra Kasturi continue yakking about horror movies every day the entire month of October. We wanted to spend some time looking at some horror movies outside North American white culture. Today we start off with A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. (Some…
October 21, 2019
It’s Day 21 of The Kasturi/Files at Speculative Chic, as well as Sandra Kasturi’s birthday! And what better to do on an October birthday than to have Sandra and Gemma Files discuss a primo classic of the horror genre: Hellraiser. We have more book recs and cocktails as well — neither for the faint of heart.
October 20, 2019
It’s Day 20 of The Kasturi/Files at Speculative Chic, where Gemma Files and Sandra Kasturi do some trash talking about horror movies for the month of October. By “trash talking” we of course mean erudite and thoughtful examinations of genre tropes as represented in current and past films, and their impact on the cultural conversation. Or saying stuff like “me…
October 19, 2019
Welcome to Day 19 of The Kasturi/Files at Speculative Chic! Gemma Files and Sandra Kasturi throw down about horror movies all October. And we give some cocktail and book recommendations and argue about existential angst and which movie to talk about next, and whether bonnets will be in season in the spring. You know, important matters.
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 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…