THE BUTCHER BOY
The brief acting career of the late Sinéad O’Connor reached its apex in this rancid little film from Ireland’s Neil Jordan
SLITHIS
Certainly the only monster movie ever made whose critter emerges from the canals of Venice Beach, CA
TRANS-EUROP-EXPRESS
The second feature directed by France’s late Alain-Robbe Grillet was this 1967 lark that took the Euro crime thriller model for quite a ride
A WOMAN KILLS
One of the more interesting unknown films of the sixties was this 1968 feature by France’s Jean-Denis Bonan
THE GIRL WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
Another impeccably visualized, violent and sexy thriller by Italy’s late Mario Bava
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
Another horror movie that doesn’t call itself horror
DARK MATTER (Blake Crouch)
A fun book–quantum mechanics without pain!
STARMAN
Sci fi romance from John Carpenter
NO BLADE OF GRASS
Societal breakdown, depicted by matinee idol turned sometime director Cornel Wilde
SOLDIER: FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN
I’ve admittedly never been too enthusiastic about the 1998 Kurt Russell science fiction vehicle SOLDIER, but thoroughly enjoyed this passionate account of its making