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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
HUNTING HOUSEWIVES
Rich housefrows hunted MOST DANGEROUS GAME style through the Canadian wilderness—yes, it’s every bit as stupid as it sounds
CHICAGO JOE AND THE SHOWGIRL
The second feature by the UK’s Bernard Rose, a hard-hitting true crime drama that’s better than you’ve heard
AMERICAN GRINDHOUSE
A feature length documentary overview of exploitation filmmaking, and a strong one
ANGEL DUST
A very quirky, stylized serial killer drama from Japan’s Sogo Ishii
AUTONOMOUS
Something new: a digitally lensed “Micro Horror” series about an evil self-driving car
MONUMENTAL
A taut and cinematic blast of old school horror
RESUME WITH MONSTERS
Comedic horror about a working drudge and his encounters with Lovecraft’s monsters, who are looking to take over the world, starting with the copy shop where he works—yes, RESUME WITH MONSTERS is that kind of book
RENE’S FLESH
A bizarre, Kafka-esque parable of a young man’s adverse relationship to his own flesh
BOMBYX
Ultra-paranoid psychological horror from Richard Christian—or R.C.—Matheson and Mick Garris
BLACK COCKTAIL
A typically odd and unpredictable contemporary fantasy by the inimitable Jonathan Carroll, a 76-page novella about all sorts of things
JOSH HARTNETT DEFINITELY WANTS TO DO THIS…TRUE STORIES FROM A LIFE IN THE SCREEN TRADE
A resolutely witty and enjoyable recounting of a couple years in the life of the Australian film director Bruce Beresford
THE DISASTER ARTIST: MY LIFE INSIDE THE ROOM, THE GREATEST BAD MOVIE EVER MADE
A hilarious and endearing account of the making of “The Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made” and the friendship that forged it.
RAIDERS! — THE STORY OF THE GREATEST FAN FILM EVER MADE
The stranger-then-fiction story of the making of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK: THE ADAPTATION
BEER, BLOOD AND ASHES
In remembrance of actor Michael Madsen, who died on July 3, 2025, here’s a look at his first book of poetry
WHO KNEW
A gossipy memoir by one of the main architects of the movie apocalypse that occurred in the late 1970s and early 80s
Udo Kier: 1944-2025
Celebrating an actor who “never learned to act” and functioned equally well in camp and serious drama
Tatsuya Nakadai: 1932-2025
Who is the greatest actor you’ve (probably) never heard of? I’d nominate the recently deceased Tatsuya Nakadai, one of the major players in classic Japanese cinema
Fast Times with the Uncool
On Cameron Crowe’s FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (the book) and THE UNCOOL
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, Antifa and Brett Easton Ellis
As of October 2025, the major movie-related controversy is over Paul Thomas Anderson’s ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Drew Struzan: 1947-2025
Celebrating the work of America’s most iconic movie poster artist