October 29, 2026
The Interrotron is a device invented by filmmaker Errol Morris for conducting video interviews, allowing interviewers and subjects to make eye contact with each other while looking directly at the camera lens. This is achieved through a modified teleprompter setup, with the interviewer’s face displayed on a monitor in front of the camera lens and the subject’s face on a similar setup facing the interviewer, facilitating a more natural conversation.
Morris developed the Interrotron to improve the interview process in documentary filmmaking. The name “Interrotron” was coined by Morris’s wife, Julia Sheehan, combining the concepts of “interview” and “terror,” aiming to reduce the interviewee’s discomfort. This setup allows for a more intimate and engaging interview, where subjects often reveal more about themselves or their stories.
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October 12, 2026
Mall goths (also known as spooky kids) are a subculture that began in the late-1990s in the United States. Originating as a pejorative to describe people who dressed goth for the fashion rather than culture, it eventually developed its own culture centred around nu metal, industrial metal, emo and the Hot Topic store chain. It has variously been described as a part of the goth subculture or as a separate subculture simply influenced by goth.
Marilyn Manson and Amy Lee (co-founder of the rock band Evanescence) were influential upon the culture’s development. According to writer Angelina Zaphyria on the website Adolescent, it began as a fusion of the cultures of the existing goth, third wave emo and nu metal movements, however according to Fashion writer Isabel Slone, it ‘combined the hallmarks of punk, goth and metal subcultures.’
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