JOE DANTE’S THE HOWLING: STUDIES IN THE HORROR FILM
Another in Centipede Press’s irresistible “Studies in the Horror Film” series, this one devoted to Joe Dante’s THE HOWLING
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
TRUE INDIE
TRUE INDIE is filmmaker Don Coscarelli’s long-in-coming autobiography, and it’s a good one
The Taiwanese Inferno
Hell has always played well on screen. We’ve seen the inferno depicted in countless films over the years, from 1911’s Dante inspired L’INFERNO onwards
CALAMITY OF SNAKES
This Hong Kong monstrosity may be the ultimate killer snake movie
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
BLADE RUNNER: Novel, Treatment, and Movie(s)
Clarification: this article is not actually about BLADE RUNNER (1982). It refers, in fact, to a key line in its end credits sequence: “WITH THANKS TO WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS AND ALAN E. NOURSE FOR THE USE OF THE TITLE BLADE RUNNER.”
MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE
This is the infamously bad directorial debut of Stephen King
Kid Movies in the Summer of 1985
Looking back at the summer movie season of 1985, it becomes immediately apparent that kid movies were all the rage