There’s a lot of talk lately about the relevance of print media in today’s instant net news world. Why would we still need glossy, expensive magazines with the instant knowledge that the internet provides today? We have blogs, forums twitter, and each of the magazines that we read even have a website for web based content, so where’s the need for print? 

For my money, there are so few magazines that actually provide me with the ammunition to fire at the naysayers when it comes to the defense of print media. So many of them are filled primarily with ads, and rarely focus on deconstructing subjects or they often recycle opinions that are usually based on similar backgrounds and experiences rather then get different perspectives on them. With cinema publications especially guilty of covering the same subjects solely for the purpose of selling magazines. Why do we need thirty different interviews with Brad Pitt about “Inglorious Basterds” that basically recycle the same material? Do we need to have the same reviews and exposes in every single magazine we choose??

I have already spoken about Paracinema magazine and I hope to keep reviewing every new issue as they become available.  I can’t speak enough about how important it is to genre film fans that magazines like it exist. It is truly a publication with independent minds who whole heartedly love the subject of cult cinema.  It’s not just another series of reviews and interviews with stars. It’s a series well thought out and thought provoking essays about the films, actors, and filmmakers that they truly care about.