THE PUNK
In which the British director Mike Sarne, of the notorious MYRA BRECKINRIDGE (1970), attempted a two-decades-after-the-fact comeback
1992: The Year in Bedlam
For me the cinema of 1992 will always be shadowed by one all-encompassing real-life event: the rioting that took place on April 29 to May 4 in Los Angeles
1993: The Year in Bedlam
Looking back over 1993, I’ve found it was quite an auspicious year for movies
1994: The Year in Bedlam
1994 was the year of PULP FICTION and HOOP DREAMS; here I’ll be concentrating here on thirty lesser-known films, which provide a plethora of genre-spanning quality cinema!
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
THE BIG PICTURE
This collection of movie-related essays was one of two nonfiction books put out by the late William Goldman in 2000
TRUE INDIE
TRUE INDIE is filmmaker Don Coscarelli’s long-in-coming autobiography, and it’s a good one
1995: The Year in Bedlam
Some great films premiered in 1995, including Michael Mann’s HEAT, Todd Haynes’s SAFE and Mike Figgis’s LEAVING LAS VEGAS
1996: The Year in Bedlam
From a cinematic standpoint 1996 can be viewed as the beginning of the end on two counts