THE VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
A terrifically entertaining Hollywood memoir by novelist/screenwriter/director Nicholas Meyer
SCENE
The long-in-coming memoir by Abel Ferrara, who after Martin Scorsese can be dubbed the ultimate New York filmmaker
Robert Redford: 1936-2025
RIP
JOSH HARTNETT DEFINITELY WANTS TO DO THIS…TRUE STORIES FROM A LIFE IN THE SCREEN TRADE
A resolutely witty and enjoyable recounting of a couple years in the life of the Australian film director Bruce Beresford
2024: Bedlam in Print
Another year, another underwhelming showing from the mainstream publishing industry
Roger Corman: 1926-2024
R.I.P.
Norman Jewison: 1926-2024
Eulogizing “Canada’s greatest director”
John Carpenter, Halloween Maestro
The aesthetic qualities of John Carpenter’s films are certainly worth enumerating. My interest here is in how those films and their maker transformed Hollywood
GILLIAMESQUE
A “Pre-Posthumous Memoir” by the outspoken London-based cartoonist-turned-director Terry Gilliam, and everything you’d expect
TV Flashback: DARK DREAMERS
I’m not sure how Stanley Wiater managed to convince a Canadian TV channel to broadcast a show comprised entirely of interviews with horror writers and filmmakers, but I’m glad he did