ZARDOZ
A novelization as weird as just about any you’ll read, and no wonder: the film it novelizes, the 1974 science fiction oddity ZARDOZ, is one of the absolute nuttiest releases of its decade
THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE
A surrealist prank of a movie from the incomparable Luis Buñuel
CIMINO: THE DEER HUNTER, HEAVEN’S GATE AND THE PRICE OF A VISION
A frustrating and inconclusive book, although that’s an inevitability give its subject: the notoriously hermetic Michael Cimino
MULTIPLE MANIACS
The second feature by John Waters, and in many respects his key film
THE FARMER
A revenge-themed grindhouse item from 1977 that appears to have had Important Cinema aspirations
THE YIN AND THE YANG OF MR. GO
“The beam really works. Who will it strike next time? Perhaps it could even be you!”
FANTASTIC PLANET
After THE YELLOW SUBMARINE this is the premiere example of feature-length psychedelic animation
2020: Bedlam in Print
Here, in the early days of 2021, is the latest edition of my annual Bedlam in Print overview
SANTA’S CHRISTMAS ELF (NAMED CALVIN)
I’d long believed SANTA AND THE ICE CREAM BUNNY was the absolute cheapest Christmas movie in existence. Turns out I was wrong, as SANTA’S CHRISTMAS ELF (NAMED CALVIN) is even cheaper
THE TRAVELING YEARS: A MEMOIR OF PUPPETS, PORNO AND PENURY
A household name Leo Eaton may not be, but he’s led an interesting life without question