Faust on Acid
The Faust legend reconfigured as avant-garde science fiction? It’s an approach that, in European hands, works far better than you might expect
HWY: AN AMERICAN PASTORAL
A film made by the late Jim Morrison that’s best viewed as exactly what it was: a preview for bigger and better things that unfortunately never arrived
THE ANIMAL (1968)
An especially intriguing trash-fest combining period-specific sexploitation with HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER-esque psycho-horror
PRIVATE PROPERTY
A “Terrible and disgusting” (so claimed JFK) 1960 indie? Perhaps, but it’s also a good one.
Robert Towne: 1934-2024
Another important showbiz death? I’m afraid so…
13 GHOSTS
Another goofy production by the incomparable William Castle, the king of movie gimmicks
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.
PURPLE NOON
The closest the screen has come to properly dramatizing THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY by Patricia Highsmith
THE OLD HOUSE, PASSING
Experimental mood-based horror from underground film legend Larry Jordan