Cashiers Du Cinemart: A Magazine of Modern Alternative Movies

Cashiers du Cinemart’s beginnings were humble… that of a very small circulation fanzine, started up to address the fact that there was a wide variety of movies out there and not all of them got equal attention from the press. Generally there were magazines devoted to the usual mainstream movie fare… or magazines devoted to the monster/horror/gore scene to the exclusion of all else. CduC tried to strike a balance between the two… seeking to spread the word about films that slipped through the cracks (or rather that wide chasm that seemed to span between Premiere and Fangoria).

The title of the zine itself was a take-off on France’s prestigious Cahiers du Cinema. The policy of Cashiers du Cinemart was to be a forum for no-holds-barred reviews… more than just fluffy press releases and butt-kissing profiles.  This actually got the magazine on the wrong side of those who found themselves the victims of some particularly trenchant criticism. Writer/director Quentin Tarantino came under fire for some alleged plagiarism… and fellow zine publisher Chris Gore of Film Threat was roundly attacked for some alleged underhandedness in his business practices. Apologists for Tarantino and Gore have become very vocal in their denouncement of CduC since those stories first came out. Somehow, despite all the turmoil and the animosity (in-fighting amongst members of the fan press has always been notoriously prevalent) CduC has persevered for over a decade.