LA TIA ALEJANDRA
A horror outing from Mexico’s Arturo Ripstein; it’s strikingly weird, but otherwise has little to recommend
THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY OF ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY
One of several autobiographical volumes written by the Chilean-born, Paris-based writer/filmmaker/spiritual guru Alejandro Jodorowsky
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES…THE TRUTH HAS SET ME FREE!
A profoundly insane reminiscence adequately summed up by its own ungainly subtitle: “The memoirs of Bob Hope’s and Henry Kissinger’s mind-controlled slave…Used as a presidential sex toy and personal computer”
PLATES OF MEMORY
This beautifully designed art book is as powerful a testimonial to the work of Poland’s Marian Kolodziej (1921-2009), a Holocaust survivor and renowned stage designer, as anyone could possibly desire
On THE NINTH CONFIGURATION
If you are not nutty now, you may be after reading this
2010: Bedlam in Print
2010? It was a mediocre year for movies but for books it was a little better
2008: Bedlam in Print
Here it is: my third annual look back at the year’s literary output
The Fifty Best Horror Movies of All Time: A Personal Selection
What follows are my fifty favorite horror movies of all time
TWELVE COLLECTIONS AND THE TEASHOP
This 12 story collection, from the incomparable Zoran Zivkovic, explores the vagaries of collecting in fascinating and bizarre fashion
TOPOR: STORIES AND DRAWINGS
An unheralded but important volume, this, as it was the first-ever English language collection of stories by France’s late Roland Topor, whose brand of macabre satire remains quite distinct