2017: The Year in Bedlam
What follows is the latest installment of the Year in Bedlam overview of the previous year’s best and worst movies, according to yours-truly
Thoughts on TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN
By now TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN, the Showtime shepherded follow-up to 1990-91’s TWIN PEAKS, has been analyzed from every conceivable standpoint
Horror Cinema in the Summer of 1986
Right now we find ourselves in the midst of an important movie related thirty-year anniversary: the summer of 1986. No, that period was not, as some are claiming, “the Best Summer Movie Season Ever,” but it was seminal for popular filmmaking.
The Two Davids
David Cronenberg and David Lynch: two visually gifted, unabashedly idiosyncratic filmmakers, both drawn to bizarre and grotesque subject matter
WILD AT HEART
This remains one of David Lynch’s most controversial films. A dark and violent romance, it’s quite uneven but still fairly impacting
BOXING HELENA
Some people claim this notorious 1993 bomb is a misunderstood masterpiece. Don’t believe ‘em!
BLUE VELVET
BLUE VELVET is one of most iconic “cult” movies of all time, and there’s an excellent reason for that.
BLOOD SIMPLE
A quintessential American independent film from the eighties, and still a one-of-a-kind masterpiece
SURVEILLANCE
A seriously twisted film, the second by Jennifer Lynch, who’s turned in a fine, stylish work that may finally dissipate the stench of her first, the vomitous BOXING HELENA
THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS
This Wes Craven freak-out, about a demented couple living in a tricked-out house, is definitely unique, but far from Craven’s best work