This Halloween, check out some not-so-scary flicks

“When this movie originally came out, the general vibe was, ‘Oh, it's so scary that this woman is so unavailable and mysterious. And oh, will this guy survive having married this horrible ice queen?’ Well nowadays … this is actually a really potent queer analog,” film critic William Bibbiani says of “Cat People.”

“When this movie originally came out, the general vibe was, ‘Oh, it's so scary that this woman is so unavailable and mysterious. And oh, will this guy survive having married this horrible ice queen?’ Well nowadays … this is actually a really potent queer analog,” film critic William Bibbiani says of “Cat People.” Photo by YouTube.

This Halloween, film critic William Bibbiani recommends Cat People, The Fly, Elvira: Mistress of Evil, Ghostwatch, and Over the Garden Wall.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is defending himself against accusations that he was “justifying terrorism,” after remarks that included calling for a humanitarian cease-fire.

The WGA West addressed the Hamas attack for the first time, calling it an “abomination” in an email to WGA members, and apologizing for not commenting sooner.

A 300-year-old Shōya house from Japan was meticulously disassembled and shipped to the Huntington in San Marino, then put back together. The process took eight years.

Bollito misto is the ultimate salute to meaty goodness.  The key to this Italian dish: meats with different textures and flavors. It only has vegetables in the pot as aromatics.

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Credits

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Sarah Sweeney, Angie Perrin, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Brian Hardzinski, Bennett Purser