THE CHEKIST
A blistering look at an executioner going about his work in the wake of the Russian Revolution that’s guaranteed to traumatize the most hardened viewers
KINO DELIRIUM
This is one of the very few books devoted to Maddin and his films, and a must-read volume for fans
KILLER INSTINCT
In the category of books about moviemaking this one for me ranks among the top of the heap
THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU (1996)
This 1996 film has been largely forgotten, but it was one of the most notorious flops of its decade
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (Film)
The big budget 1994 movie adaptation of Anne Rice’s classic novel. It’s a handsomely mounted film to be sure, but also a dull and uninvolving one
IMMORTALITY
An interesting British made take on vampirism, with an impressive Jude Law as a suave bloodsucker on the hunt for a romantic partner
ICE FROM THE SUN
A no-budget grassroots horror epic with great visuals and a less-than-great script
I WAS A TEENAGE SERIAL KILLER
From the late Sarah Jacobson, a gleefully anarchic, feminist slanted short
NOTHING BUT TROUBLE
One of the most notorious flops of the nineties, an overly expensive, under-conceived Tim Burton-esque concoction from writer/director Dan Aykroyd
NORMAL LIFE
Those who claim HENRY: PORTRAIT OF SERIAL KILLER’S John McNaughton is a one-trick pony need to check out NORMAL LIFE, a hard-hitting and exciting true crime saga