Nicolas Roeg: 1928-2018
On November 23, 2018 we lost one of the world’s greatest filmmakers
William Goldman: 1931-2018
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
DESPAIR
This 1978 film was apparently an attempt at “commercial filmmaking” by Germany’s late Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945-1982)
TRUE INDIE
TRUE INDIE is filmmaker Don Coscarelli’s long-in-coming autobiography, and it’s a good one
JEANS BLUES: NO FUTURE
Japanese “Pinky violence” from 1974 that’s said to have been inspired by BONNIE AND CLYDE
LOW-BUDGET HELL: MAKING UNDERGROUND MOVIES WITH JOHN WATERS
An interesting and, I think, vital take on John Waters and the underground film scene in which he thrived during the 1970s and early 80s
The Complete Memoirs of Charles Willeford
Here I’ll be looking at four autobiographical volumes by the late Charles Willeford
AOOM
A weirder-than-average 1970 feature by Spain’s Gonzalo Suarez that marks a worthy addition to a distinguished filmography
WHY DOES HERR R. RUN AMOK?
A maddening, thought-provoking and altogether brilliant portrayal of a murderer that doesn’t announce itself as such until the final ten minutes!
BLOODY FRIDAY
One of the Twentieth Century’s premiere examples of Krautsploitation, this German-Italian co-production is an exuberantly exploitive film that revels in violence and sleaze