by Mattie Lucas
Cinema from a Decidedly Queer Perspective
Nosferatu | 2024
Yet another retelling of the Dracula story might seem like unusual Christmas Day programming, but Robert Eggers' Nosferatu, with its wintry setting and gothic trappings, might just be a perfect holiday treat for horror fans.
In 1931, F.W. Murnau made his final film, Tabu: A Story of the South Seas, on the island of Bora Bora. It was partly inspired by Robert Flaherty's 1926 documentary, Moana (no relation to the Disney film). Tabu would ultimately be Murnau's final film, he died in a car crash before the film was released. Both Tabu and Moana were examples of ethnographic films that sought to bring exotic locales to life for audiences of the silent era. I found myself thinking about both of these films as I watched Miguel Gomes' latest film, Grand Tour.