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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
WINDOW TO PARIS
A wild, nutty and supremely engaging comedic fantasy from Russia
IVAN VASILIEVICH CHANGES HIS PROFESSION
This is, quite simply, the Soviet time travel comedy
NAKED TANGO
An ambitious 1990 production you probably didn’t see
THIS IS ME…NOW
In which the 54-year-old Jennifer Lopez, a.k.a. J.Lo, celebrates herself and her new album
FAMINE ’33
A chronicle of the Holodomor, or Artificial Famine, that afflicted Ukraine in 1932-33, engineered by Stalin to (it’s been claimed) crush Ukrainian resistance to Soviet rule
THE TORTURE GARDEN
I can sum up the essence of this fin-de-siecle classic in two words: Ecstatic Delirium
THE DOLL WHO ATE HIS MOTHER
The first novel by Ramsey Campbell, and a mixed bag
THRILLING MURDER COMICS
An underground comic in which S. Clay Wilson, R. Crumb, Kim Deitch and others turned away from their standard choice of subject matter—sex and drugs—to focus on a new taboo: murder
BITCH
A sexier, druggier variant on THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR
MAKE ROOM! MAKE ROOM!
A moldy oldie from the 1960s science fiction market (and the basis for the 1973 film SOYLENT GREEN)
PAUL BARTEL: THE LIFE AND FILMS
A solid, if not entirely satisfying, overview of the life and output of the late Paul Bartel
TIME, A FALCONER: A STUDY OF SARBAN
The first and only book devoted to the life and literary output of England’s John W. Wall, a.k.a. Sarban
OPPOSABLE THUMBS: HOW SISKEL & EBERT CHANGED MOVIES FOREVER
The first book about the ultra-combative, never-to-be-repeated Siskel & Ebert dynamic
NAKED THEATER AND UNCENSORED HORROR
The long-in-coming memoir of filmmaker Stuart Gordon (1947-2020), a book he spent a great deal of his final years writing
THE AMAZING STORY BEHIND THE LEGEND OF BILLY JACK
An unabashed puff piece that nonetheless emerges as the definitive resource on all things BILLY JACK
Norman Jewison: 1926-2024
Eulogizing “Canada’s greatest director”
David J. Skal: 1952-2024
The January 1, 2024 demise of David John Skal, whose car was struck by a drunk driver in Glendale, CA, started off 2024 on a tragic note
2023: Bedlam in Print
Looking back over last year’s books!
2023: The Year in Bedlam
The latest installment of my annual overview of the previous year’s noteworthy film releases
2023: A Look Back in Bedlam
Welcome to the latest edition of my Look Back in Bedlam overview of the previous year’s Bedlam Files-worthy happenings