Kenneth Anger: 1927-2023
No other filmmaker has become as synonymous with Underground Film as the recently deceased Kenneth Anger
EYES WITHOUT A FACE vs. THE HORROR CHAMBER OF DR. FAUSTUS
In which I make the heretical confession that I prefer the Americanized recut of EYES WITHOUT A FACE to the original version
MILL OF THE STONE WOMEN
A striking but largely unmoving film that premiered around the same time as (and was vastly overshadowed by) Mario Bava’s classic BLACK SUNDAY
THE OSCAR
The worst movie of all time? Quite possibly!
THE LOVED ONE
“The Motion Picture with Something to Offend Everyone”…?
THE BED SITTING ROOM
In which the UK’s new wave science fiction scene came (briefly) to Hollywood, courtesy of director Richard Lester
MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS
One of the great nunsploitation epics, a stylish, artistic and deeply unnerving depiction of faith and evil
On THE SWIMMER
“DEATH OF A SALESMAN in swimming trunks” is how Burt Lancaster described his 1968 starring vehicle THE SWIMMER
THE WAR GAME
A profoundly shattering, staunchly reality-based look at the effects of a possible nuclear war on Great Britain
2021: Bedlam in Print
The latest installment of my annual overview of the previous year’s Bedlam Files-friendly publications