THE SEASONAL CINEPHILE

At the end of 2020, KAMP took a break from our regularly scheduled (and remote) holiday gathering to share a few laughs with “A Holiday Special." This multi-segment variety show hosted on Twitch featured infomercials, musical performances, and appearances from the likes of Giraffage, Gia Seo, Raina Morris, Theo Martins, Yellowtechnica, FISK, and The Seasonal Cinephile himself, Ross Morrell.

Morrell, curator at One Grand Film Society, shared a list of his favorite non-holiday-yet-holiday-adjacent films for your holiday/non-holiday enjoyment. You'll find none of that candy cane bullshit here.

Gremlins, 1984, Dir. Joe Dante
American Psycho, 2000, Dir. Mary Harron
The Sum of Us, 1994, Dir. Geoff Burton & Kevin Dowling
Mean Girls, 2004, Dir. Mark Waters
I’ll be Home for Christmas, 1998, Dir. Arlene Sanford
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, 2010, Dir. Jalmari Helander
Survive Style 5+, 2004, Dir. Gen Sekiguchi
200 Cigarettes, 1999, Dir. Rosa Bramon Garcia
Tangerine, 2015, Dir. Sean Baker
Misery, 1990, Dir. Rob Reiner