1964’s PÕRGUPÕHJA UUS VANAPAGAN, a.k.a. DEVIL WITH A FALSE PASSPORT, DEVIL ON EARTH, THE NEW DEVIL OF HELLSBOTTOM or (as the film is most commonly known) THE MISADVENTURES OF THE NEW SATAN, is all-but completely unknown in the English speaking world but widely considered a classic of Estonian cinema
2019 is shaping up as, among other things, a year in which quite a few vital character actors breathed their last breath
Oftentimes it can be difficult to grasp just how much a skilled supporting player adds to the movies s/he graces—until, that is, the player in question is no longer with us
This 1969 science fiction mindbender hails from Denmark, and remains one of the better films of its type
This 1969 Italian import is one of the odder films made by the late Pier Paolo Pasolini
The word for this quasi-satirical brainwashing thriller is dated
The first “feature film” by Joe Dante was this mind-roasting four and a half hour found footage collage that was without precedent in 1968, and remains an eye-opener
The first-ever biography of actor/American treasure Dick Miller, and so a vital resource for all film buffs
On November 23, 2018 we lost one of the world’s greatest filmmakers
Yet another tragic celebrity death? I’m afraid so. The dear departed this time around is the great William Goldman, one of my longtime heroes