Biography | The Bedlam Files

R.I.P Joel Schumacher

For those of us who came of age in the 1980s, the name Joel Schumacher, a film director who died on June 22 at age 80, has great meaning

For fans of ERASERHEAD, and the output of Mr. Lynch, I feel confident in proclaiming this book an absolute must-read

As a longtime fan of the late Tony Scott, whose directorial output includes TRUE ROMANCE and CRIMSON TIDE, I find this book a must-read by default

Director John Boorman provided an elegantly drafted memoir back in 2003, and with CONCLUSIONS he completes it

A book about the prolific British filmmaker Ridley Scott that isn’t what I’d call revelatory

This is the long awaited autobiography by Dario Argento, and (for once) it doesn’t disappoint

A short book but also a valuable one, representing as it does a meeting of two most interesting minds: author Colin Wilson and filmmaker Ken Russell

Carnival life and Edward D. Wood, Jr. are two things that go together quite well

DON’T DISTRUB THE DEAD is the first-ever book about the Ramsays, and must be counted as the premiere print resource on the subject

The first-ever biography of actor/American treasure Dick Miller, and so a vital resource for all film buffs