GIRLY
This British oddity represents yet another case of promising material given indifferent treatment
JOHN FRANKENHEIMER: A CONVERSATION WITH CHARLES CHAMPLIN
A lively film-related biography structured entirely as a long conversation
SOLDIER BLUE
Perhaps the most infamous of the many revisionist westerns churned out by Hollywood in the early seventies
VLAD TEPES
Vlad Tepes was the historical personage who inspired DRACULA, and this Romanian epic remains the only worthwhile Tepes film biopic
SODOM AND GOMORRAH: THE LAST SEVEN DAYS
Another 1970s era dispatch from the Weird Porno category
THE MUSHROOM MAN
A most unique period piece from Mexico involving betrayal, racism and hallucinogenics.
Blood Letters and Trashy Movies in the South Sea
On December 19, 1978 the so-called “Blood Letter from Nanhai” made its bow in the Taiwanese Central Daily News
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
MEAT
The most fearsome and notorious Frederick Wiseman documentary of them all
Alan Parker: 1944-2020
I’m very sorry to bid farewell to Sir Alan Parker, who passed on July 31