Mexico’s avenging Mother Courage, an interview with the king of horror movies and why middle-aged women have rediscovered raving
1. ‘She was almost a Batman figure’: Mexico’s avenging Mother Courage View image in fullscreen Illustration: Harol Bustos After her son disappeared, Isabel Miranda de
1. ‘She was almost a Batman figure’: Mexico’s avenging Mother Courage View image in fullscreen Illustration: Harol Bustos After her son disappeared, Isabel Miranda de Wallace swore she would bring the culprits to justice. She became a national hero. But did she go too far? Sam Edwards told the gripping story about one of Mexico’s most shocking miscarriages of justice of recent years. Read more 2. ‘Everything I know about evil I learned in that small town’: John Carpenter on terrifying the world with Halloween, The Thing and The Fog View image in fullscreen John Carpenter. Photograph: Philip Cheung/The Guardian double quotation mark If you really want to know the truth about alien encounters, I think that my movies are more realistic about what will happen. Think of the settlers who came to the United States and their encounters with the Indians.
It didn’t really go so well for the Indians, OK? Steve Rose interviewed the king of horror and sci-fi movies who, at 78, is as much of a rebel as ever. They discussed creativity, compromise, aliens and how he became addicted to movie-making. Read more 3. The rave secret: why middle-aged women are larging it – and seeing big health benefits View image in fullscreen Dancing all night can be a panacea. Photograph: Posed by models; Dan Dalton/Getty Images double quotation mark When you go into an inclusive dance space, you can enter a liminal space where time dissolves and everybody is treated as an equal. Doesn’t matter if you’re a CEO, a road sweeper, a woman or a man, if you’re 25 or 55, you can access that space, and that gives you a sense of belonging.
For those who are burned out, perimenopausal, or both, dancing all night can be a panacea. It’s great exercise, lowers stress, boosts energy and provides connection. No wonder so many are doing it. Amy Fleming went clubbing till the small hours to re-experience raving. Read more 4. ‘I felt Holden was talking to me alone’: The Catcher in the Rye at 75 View image in fullscreen JD Salinger. Photograph: Hoberman Publishing/Alamy double quotation mark An older reader sees Holden’s isolation. Behind the teenage mouthiness is a roiling mass of neurosis. Jealous, insecure, frightened, frustrated, Holden has suffered terrible losses JD Salinger’s wry, subversive classic inspired novelist Joseph O’Connor to be a writer. To mark the 75th anniversary of the novel’s publication, he reflected on why this story of a disaffected teenager remains as fresh and transgressive as ever, and how it alters its meanings depending on the reader’s age.
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