TV Flashback: THE HORROR HALL OF FAME
A horror movie Academy Awards? Here’s the closest thing that exists to such a program
LAID BARE
In which true crime author John Gilmore lays bare his early years as an actor, and his dealings with the soon-to-be-famous
BIG BAD JOHN: THE JOHN MILIUS INTERVIEWS
A book of interviews with the famous screenwriter/director John Milius
BODY TROOPERS
In which FANTASTIC VOYAGE gets a kid-oriented overhaul
THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE
I’ve heard this film called a profound exploration of identity, and also a “two hour perfume commercial.” There are strong arguments to be made for both views
AMERICAN ME vs. BLOOD IN, BLOOD OUT
Two early 1990s films that are quite similar in conception, and were lensed virtually simultaneously
YOU’RE THE DIRECTOR…YOU FIGURE IT OUT
The first and only biography of the late Richard Donner
THE MATRIX
Yes, children: 1999’s THE MATRIX was once the coolest thing around
MR. KNOW-IT-ALL: THE TARNISHED WISDOM OF A FILTH ELDER
John Waters is a filmmaker I’ve always found more entertaining than the films he makes
On THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
One of the more bizarre film-related occurrences of our time is the ascension of THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION to Great Film status