How Savannah Ostler Went Through Hollywood and Back with Buster Brooks

Filmmaker Savannah Ostler and actor Matt Cornett in the back of a van while shooting the film Buster Brooks.

With Buster Brooks, Ostler tells a story about chasing Hollywood dreams while proving that those dreams don’t have to be confined to a single zip code. … read more

SLUG Mag’s 37th Anniversary Party: 37 Badass Years and Counting!

Sylke on stage at SLUG's 37th Anniversary Party

In honor of SLUG’s 37th birthday, we threw a party at Metro Music Hall. Because 37 candles would be too many to blow out, we opted for 37 artists instead. … read more

Written In Blood: April 1996

A snapshot of a heading for Written In Blood by John Forgach from SLUG Magazine's Issue 88, originally published in April 1996.

What is it with bands from Sweden? Must every one of them be good? Well, I’m pretty sure Celtic Frost was from Sweden. That kind of blows my point. … read more

Film Review: How to Make a Killing

Still from the film How to Make a Killing, Glen Powell aiming a bow

How to Make a Killing is a splendidly entertaining film that requires a certain amount of suspension of disbelief and some suspension of conscience — though the latter is allowed in at the right moment. … read more

The Belated Valentine’s Edition of Secondhand Screenings

Secondhand Screenings with 3 movie covers.

The films for this Valentine’s edition of Secondhand Screenings show some extent of the “moral imperative” that most lovers have in yearning for one another. … read more