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
CHASING THE LIGHT
Speaking as one who quite literally grew up watching his films, I couldn’t help but gravitate toward this, Oliver Stone’s long-in-coming memoir
THE BROOD (Book)
This hefty study of David Cronenberg’s THE BROOD is, quite simply, the most thorough and wide-ranging textual analysis of a horror movie ever written
THE GOAT HORN
A rape-revenge drama from Bulgaria, and a most unlikely Great Film inductee
ERASERHEAD, THE DAVID LYNCH FILES: VOLUME 1
For fans of ERASERHEAD, and the output of Mr. Lynch, I feel confident in proclaiming this book an absolute must-read
SPORT, SPORT, SPORT
Playful is the word for this Soviet era quasi-documentary from the late Elem Klimov (1933-2003)