THE SPIDER WILL KILL YOU
Writer-director David Schmoeller had an obsession with mannequins, showcased in this 30-minute University of Texas thesis film
Paul Morrissey: 1938-2024
Looking back over the career of a true renaissance filmmaker
FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN
One of the most memorable films made by the late Paul Morrissey, an altogether outrageous riff on you-know-what
BLOOD FOR DRACULA
The just-as-wild 1974 follow-up to FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN
NECROMANIA
This XXX-rated “Tale of Weird Love” was one of the final films directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Kris Kristofferson: 1936-2024
Looking over an eccentric yet highly distinguished acting career
Shelley Duvall: 1949-2024
Shelley Duvall: Hollywood’s prototypical Quirky Actress.
GIRLS ON THE ROAD
A 1972 no-budgeter that is, first and foremost, very much of its time
Robert Towne: 1934-2024
Another important showbiz death? I’m afraid so…
BUFFET FROID
A very bizarre 1979 comedy by France’s Bertrand Blier that functions as a film noir parody, a cautionary essay on contemporary dehumanization and an unfiltered blast of surreal invention