Larry Cohen: 1936-2019
My take on the late screenwriter, producer and director Larry Cohen is a complicated one
HANCOCK ON HANCOCK
This, the first in-depth account of the life and films of director John Hancock, is an extremely long book (900-plus pages in ebook format), but also a vital one
THE WORLD IS EVER CHANGING
There’s simply no way to sugar-coat the fact that this book is a huge disappointment
Nicolas Roeg: 1928-2018
On November 23, 2018 we lost one of the world’s greatest filmmakers
DARK (2017)
This is the closest thing that exists to a director’s cut of Paul Schrader’s DYING OF THE LIGHT (2014)
MY LAST BREATH
This was the final testament of Luis Bunuel, one of the world’s great troublemakers
MILLER AND MAX
An absolute must for MAD MAX fans, a sort-of biography of Australian filmmaker George Miller and his signature creation
TOBE HOOPER: 1943-2017
Here we bid farewell to the brilliant, and frustratingly erratic, Tobe Hooper
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION
This 1990 cheapie was supposed to be the late Tobe Hooper’s “comeback”–it wasnt!
THE MANGLER
In light of the untimely August 26, 2017 death of director Tobe Hooper, here’s a look back at one of his late period films