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Joschi

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It’s fitting (though entirely coincidental) that this piece on The Rapture, a movie about end times, will be my last New Cult Canon entry. After 15 years at The A.V. Club, I’ve resigned my post as Film Editor and will move on to something else after tomorrow. When I began this column back in February 2008 with Donnie Darko, the idea was to pay homage to Danny Peary’s three Cult Movies books by picking up where he left off and exploring “The Classics, The Sleepers, The Weird and The Wonderful” (his words) from 1987 to the present. Peary’s books were foundational reading for a young cinephile like me, well before the Internet existed, and I hope some of you were inspired to play along at home. When I started the column, I certainly never dreamed that the series would find a home in the real world, at places like the Music Box Theatre in Chicago and 92YTribeca in New York, and it’s been a particular pleasure to bring these movies out in front of an audience, the way they were always meant to be seen. (And in many cases, never were during their original release.)

On a broader note, I’d like to thank all of you for reading and arguing with me all these years, and I hope we can reconnect down the line. Some writers keep away from comment boards, but I think it’s important to put your work in front of the firing squad. You learn a lot you didn’t know, you develop thicker skin, and if you’re going to dish out criticism, you should be okay with taking it, too. Thanks to all my A.V. Club colleagues, past and present, for working so hard and so passionately to build something special, and for the memories and lifelong friendships I take with me. Oh, and before I go: Please turn the motion-smoothing function off on your TV sets. And your friends’ and parents’ sets, too, when they leave the room. Then break into a few homes and change the settings there, too. Consider yourself a pop-culture missionary, doing the Lord’s work
10 years 11 months ago
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clydeumney

With Scott Tobias now leaving the AV Club, I wonder if we are at the end of this list. I don't really think anyone else should take it over, but I hate to see it end.
10 years 12 months ago
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Runar

Well, I said "it's like calling them underground metal".

But a cult movie does not have to fail at the box office. It's not a requirement. Take a cult movie like "City of the Livig Dead". A huge hit at the box offive when it screened.

What makes a movie a cult is there in the name. A cult is a group of people dedicated to what they're belive in. So a cult movie is a movie with a small, but very dedicated, group of fans. Cult movies have often failed to achieve fame outside of the small fanbases. That's why a movie also can lose it's cult status.
13 years 10 months ago
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comendosushi

Babe: Pig in the City, really?! (2)

hahahahahahahaha
13 years 9 months ago
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SanderO

It's about goddamn time Zoolander became an official check.
11 years 3 months ago
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sideburnz

if its a hit at the box office doesn't that mean a large group of people enjoyed it thus voiding the "small group cult" status?
13 years 5 months ago
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EssexMutant

Ichi the Killer's going in? Fantastic.
11 years 11 months ago
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TheBrannan

Angel Heart
12 years ago
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piet

I've just added Black Dynamite, The Human Centipede and Anaconda. I think :)
12 years 4 months ago
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mi-16evil

@Quartoxuma Thanks for keeping us up-to-date on the list. The only thing is if you want the mods to keep the list updated you should just use the contact feature and send them the updates directly. I do that for every entry in Roger Ebert's Great Movies list and they usually update it within a couple days.

Thanks again!
12 years 5 months ago
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Joschi

Black Dynamite and The Human Centipede (first Sequence) were added.

Next up:

November 10: Anaconda
December 1: Diggstown
December 22: The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover
12 years 5 months ago
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niesl2

Nice, Black Dynamite is awesome!
12 years 6 months ago
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Rosalie

What ever happened to Cube, Hyper Cube and Cube Zero?
12 years 6 months ago
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Joschi

You can also check the next updates on the A. V. Club Site.

The next three movies will be:

September 8: Shaun Of The Dead
September 29: Black Dynamite
October 20: The Human Centipede
12 years 7 months ago
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mi-16evil

@operationdropkick Usually it's every two weeks, but the writer is kind of random. He's always trying to add new films to the list and so far he has no plans on stopping.
12 years 7 months ago

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