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May 4, 2020
Today on Cinematary: Some Kind of Connection (2020) by Sophy Romvari and Mike Thorn
Many people are doing their best to process the current state of the world amidst the coronavirus pandemic, and attempting to do anything creative has become impossible. While an onslaught of projects will percolate in the future related to this time in quarantine, it will be difficult to find one that resonates quite like Sophy Romvari and Mike Thorn’s short film, Some Kind of Connection.
Read the full article on Cinematary.
Read the full article on Cinematary.
April 21, 2020
Today on iHorror: What are Horror Authors Reading During Lockdown?
Today on iHorror, Mike Thorn shares his thoughts on Daphne du Maurier’s 1959 collection The Breaking Point.
Also featured: Rob E. Boley, Samantha Kolesnik, Aaron Dries, Megan Hart, and Glenn Rolfe.
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April 13, 2020
April 6, 2020
Mike Thorn Reviews Randy Nikkel Schroeder's Arctic Smoke for FreeFall Magazine
"Randy Nikkel Schroeder’s Arctic Smoke does not simply inhabit its multiple genres, but instead interrogates the intersections and tensions between those genres’ methodologies."
Read the full review.
April 2, 2020
Dreams of Lake Drukka & Exhumation Now Available in Paperback
“Deeply disturbing, in all the best ways.”
– Laurel Hightower, author of Whispers in the Dark
“Mike Thorn captures the essence of his characters so well in such a short space that his stories often yield the same satisfaction as reading an entire novel.”
– Erin Emily Ann Vance, author of Advice for Taxidermists and Amateur Beekeepers
Order now.
March 30, 2020
January 17, 2020
Gloria McNeely Reviews Dreams of Lake Drukka & Exhumation
“This is a duo of brutal stories from writer Mike Thorn. Tied together by the theme of fulfilling a debt to a supernatural creature, the stories differ on their endings between hope for the future and dread.”
Read the full review.
Read the full review.
January 15, 2020
Dreams of Lake Drukka & Exhumation Reviewed on Kam’s Place
“Exhumation started off creepy, progressed to f***ed up and stayed firmly in that position until the very end.”
Read the full review.
Read the full review.
January 9, 2020
Ballot for Seventh Row’s Best Films of 2019 Critics Survey
The folks at Seventh Row invited me to submit a ballot for their Best Films of 2019 Critics Survey.
My picks:
1. The Irishman (dir. Martin Scorsese)
2. Tommaso (dir. Abel Ferrara)
3. To the Ends of the Earth (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
4. The Halt (dir. Lav Diaz)
5. Gemini Man (dir. Ang Lee)
6. Martin Eden (dir. Pietro Marcello)
7. Atlantics (dir. Mati Diop)
8. Sibyl (dir. Justine Triet)
9. Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes (dir. Joe Berlinger)
10. In Dog Years (dir. Sophy Romvari)
See all the ballots.
My picks:
1. The Irishman (dir. Martin Scorsese)
2. Tommaso (dir. Abel Ferrara)
3. To the Ends of the Earth (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
4. The Halt (dir. Lav Diaz)
5. Gemini Man (dir. Ang Lee)
6. Martin Eden (dir. Pietro Marcello)
7. Atlantics (dir. Mati Diop)
8. Sibyl (dir. Justine Triet)
9. Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes (dir. Joe Berlinger)
10. In Dog Years (dir. Sophy Romvari)
See all the ballots.
December 9, 2019
Mike Thorn on Losing the Plot podcast
Mike Thorn is a beloved Losing the Plot alumnus who returns to discuss his latest book, Dreams of Lake Drukka & Exhumation, out with Demain Publishing’s Short Sharp Shocks series. We talk about the influence of location on fiction, films we’ve enjoyed recently, the challenge of long distance relationships and more!
Listen to the episode.
Listen to the episode.
