1990: The year in Bedlam
Here, in the latest installment of my Look Back in Bedlam at the year’s more obscure and underappreciated films, we arrive at 1990
1991: The Year in Bedlam
1991 wasn’t an especially auspicious year for movies, but it was a formative one for this (once) young cineaste
AMPUTEE LOVE
I’m not sure what to make of this, one of the absolute nuttiest underground comics in existence
A HISTORY OF UNDERGROUND COMICS
The first and very likely best history of underground “comix” in America
Funnybook Flashback: SKULL COMICS
Looking back at the underground comix of the early 1970s, one finds that horror, unsurprisingly, was a popular topic
1993: The Year in Bedlam
Looking back over 1993, I’ve found it was quite an auspicious year for movies
WINTER BROTHERS
A visual wonder from Denmark, although, as is often the case with visually evocative European films, the storytelling leaves something to be desired
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
The spirit of Dario Argento, spiced with more than a hint of the anything-goes vibe of Nobuhiko Obayashi’s HAUSU, is evident in this British made, Italian language oddity from 2018
THE BOOK OF IMPRUDENT FLORA
This highly eccentric picture book follows A JOURNEY IN THE PHANTASMAGORICAL GARDEN OF APPARITIO ALBINUS, written and illustrated by Chile’s brilliant Claudio Romo
THAT WHICH GROWS WILD
This is the debut anthology of Eric J. Guignard, a prolific editor and author, and it’s a beauty