EL ALIMENTO DEL MIEDO
One of the most famous “lost” films of our time, EL ALIMENTO DEL MIEDO (THE FOOD OF FEAR; 1994) was the final film made by Juan López Moctezuma, Mexico’s greatest horror director
Obfuscation and Misunderstanding in the Film Adaptations of Philip K. Dick
About the film adaptations of Philip K. Dick, arguably the least understood SF writer of our time
SCREAMERS (1995)
A Philip K. Dick adaptation from 1995 that, contrary to what you might have heard, isn’t all bad
HOLLYWOOD ANIMAL
This 700-plus page memoir by a Hollywood insider was to the aughts what Julia Phillips’ notorious YOU’LL NEVER EAT LUNCH IN THIS TOWN AGAIN (1991) was to the previous decade
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Here’s a 1990s blockbuster that without question has not dated well
BATTLE GIRL: THE LIVING DEAD IN TOKYO BAY
A solid example of Asian Trash Cinema that’s unusually heavy on the trash
CONGO
A 1995 release that deserves to be ranked with exotic camp-fests like COBRA WOMAN (1944) and SHEENA (1984)
On THE STATE OF THINGS, STRANGER THAN PARADISE and THE TERRITORY
In answer to the query “What do Wim Wenders, Jim Jarmusch, Roger Corman, Raul Ruiz, Jon Jost, the district of Sintra and the city of Lisbon have in common?”
ORGAN
Mutiliation, mutation and spilled bodily fluids aplenty: a 1990s Asian cult classic!
JOHNNY MNEMONIC
A film that was forecast to be a revolutionary melding of cyberpunk and mainstream sensibilities, but is best viewed nowadays as a dry run for THE MATRIX