Year in Review | The Bedlam Files

2020 in Review: News, Passings, Discoveries

Bedlam was indeed the word for 2020 and (as of January 10) 2021 as well

In this Year in Bedlam overview, highlighting 30 lesser-known and/or underappreciated film releases, I’ll be exploring 1980

Just what the title says.

Here, in the early days of 2021, is the latest edition of my annual Bedlam in Print overview

2020 was a hell of a year

Bedlam was indeed the word for 2020 and (as of January 10) 2021 as well

What follows are the type of little-known films that tend to comprise my “Look Back in Bedlam” listings, of which this is the 1982 entry

If this year proves anything it’s that the rosy view of the eighties that has taken hold is complete bullcrap

Continuing with my Year in Bedlam year-end overviews, we arrive at 1984

It makes sense that, in what is universally acknowledged as the worst-ever decade for film, the midpoint of that decade marks its low point