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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
THE GRANDMOTHER
A crucial entry in the filmography of the young David Lynch
DON’T LOOK AT ME: DAVID LYNCH
This 1989 French TV profile is one of the more fascinating documentaries on the late David Lynch
THE BLOB (1988)
Here’s a rare case in which a horror movie remake actually surpasses its source
THE NEST
A mutant roach cheapie that delivers exactly what you’d expect
STRANGE DAYS
If there’s such a thing as a New Years thriller then 1995’s STRANGE DAYS is certainly an ideal candidate
CRIMSON KISSES
An unfairly ignored, and later revised, DRACULA pastiche that deserves to be rediscovered
THE UNIVERSE AS PERFORMANCE ART
Weird fiction is alive and well in the twenty first century, and THE UNIVERSE AS PERFORMANCE ART is a standout example
BEWARE US FLOWERS OF THE ANNIHILATOR
The latest and most comprehensive collection of stories by Canada’s master of elegantly drafted bizarrie Alexander Zelenyj
SWEETHEART, SWEETHEART
Not a bad novel by any means, but SWEETHEART, SWEETHEART is overlong and not entirely satisfying
VAMPIRES: STORIES OF THE SUPERNATURAL
This anthology contains four tales of the supernatural, written by Leo Tolstoy’s cousin Alexis
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
HALLOWEEN 3–“WHERE THE HELL IS MICHAEL MYERS?”
A history of “horror’s most misunderstood film,” written by that film’s own writer-director
Robert Towne: 1934-2024
Another important showbiz death? I’m afraid so…
Donald Sutherland: 1935-2024
In the category of underappreciated actors, the recently deceased Donald Sutherland looms rather hugely
On A FELADAT and BLINDPASSASJER
It’s a fact that much of the world’s most vital televised science fiction emerges from outside the US, and here are two examples
Roger Corman: 1926-2024
R.I.P.
JE T’AIME JE T’AIME vs. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
Was ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (2004) directly inspired by JE T’AIME JE T’AIME (1968)? Most likely.