SHOOTING MIDNIGHT COWBOY
It’s taken 52 years, but we now have a thorough account of MIDNIGHT COWBOY’S making and reception
THE DOLL
A most confounding 1962 masterwork about a man’s doomed love for a mannequin
CHANGE OF MIND
In which a white DA gets his brain transplanted into the body of an African-American man. It shoulda been better!
MY FILMS WITH CARMELO BENE
One of the more pleasantly surprising developments of 2020 was the inrush of attention paid to the work of Italy’s late Carmelo Bene
JOHN FRANKENHEIMER: A CONVERSATION WITH CHARLES CHAMPLIN
A lively film-related biography structured entirely as a long conversation
THE SHUTTERED ROOM
Few people seem to remember this British made H.P. Lovecraft adaptation from 1967, and I say that’s for the best
Exotic Dancers and the Devil in the Swinging Sixties
Exotic Dancers and the devil: a curiously appropriate pairing, especially in Europe
On FILM AS A SUBVERSIVE ART
I believe FILM AS A SUBVERSIVE ART is the most exciting and comprehensive film book I’ve seen, period
SWISSMADE
a 1968 science fiction themed three parter from Switzerland that’s known primarily for the fact that one of its segments was designed (not directed, as the imdb erroneously reports) by the late H.R. Giger
LAW AND ORDER
A documentary about police officers from 1969 that seems especially relevant to 2020