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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
THE MYSTERY OF THE THIRD PLANET
The undoubted magnum opus of the late Roman Kachanov, and a highlight of child-based sci-fi animation from the Soviet Union
PHRA ROT-MERI
Another example of an Eastern made film that was a commercial blockbuster in its native land but to Western eyes seems downright Jorodowsky-esque
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
AFFAIRS OF A CARDIOVASCULAR NATURE
A collection about which the cliché “expect the unexpected” fits quite well
HEAD-TO-TOE PORTRAIT OF SUZANNE
An unspeakably demented concoction that could only have been dreamed up by France’s late Roland Topor
ON THE VERGE
A macabre anthology from France’s Maurice Sandoz that pivots on madness
MAGIC MIRROR
A worthy, if frustratingly little known, addition to the underground comics scene
THE THIRD STORY
An ambitious horror novel by a prominent Canadian author that suffers, in a not-uncommon issue, from seriously trashy packaging
THE DAY OF ST. ANTHONY’S FIRE
Here’s a real-life horror story that rivals just about any fiction
THE DAY CHRIST DIED
It’s fascinating how much attention Christians devote to the death of Jesus Christ, of which this book stands as a telling example
DAVID CRONENBERG: INTERVIEWS WITH SERGE GRUNBERG
A book of interviews with the inimitable David Cronenberg, very similar to the Chris Rodley edited CRONENBERG ON CRONENBERG
THE DANCE OF REALITY
A positively mind-expanding memoir by everybody’s favorite Chilean madman Alejandro Jodorowsky
THE DAMAGE DONE
This book (titled 4,000 DAYS in the U.S.) was apparently quite popular in its native Australia, and is very likely the most harrowing prison memoir I’ve read
TV Flashback: MANIAC (2015)
In the category of insane asylum set TV programs the ten episode Norwegian miniseries MANIAC (not to be confused with the 1980 William Lustig slasher classic, nor the 2012 remake) is a definite standout
TV Flashback: HOT SEAT WITH WALLY GEORGE
Here we have the grand-daddy of so-called combat television: the So Cal based HOT SEAT WITH WALLY GEORGE
1989: The Year in Bedlam
Here, in the latest edition of my Year in Bedlam film listings, we leave the nineties behind and enter the eighties, which many claim was the worst decade in cinema history
Fifty Years of Manson-sploitation
August 9, 2019 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the murders committed by the Manson family
Rutger Hauer: 1944-2019
The Rutger Hauer saga was a curious one