BANNED FROM BROADCAST: SAIKO! THE LARGE FAMILY
What this altogether fascinating found footage horror movie from Japan proves is that the land of the rising sun was and is the epicenter of the format
2023: The Year in Bedlam
The latest installment of my annual overview of the previous year’s noteworthy film releases
A DAY IN THE CITY
Dadist subversion in the form of a satirical quasi-documentary portrait of Stockholm, circa 1956
Documenting Terry Gilliam
Two books and four docs about the one and only Terry Gilliam
VAMPIRA: ABOUT SEX, DEATH AND TAXES
A now-obscure Finnish made documentary from 1995 about the one and only Maila Nurmi, a.k.a. Vampira
ALIEN ON STAGE
A 2020 documentary about a dramatic adaptation of ALIEN put on by a consortium of UK bus drivers
William Friedkin’s Films, Ranked
On August 7, 2023, film director extraordinaire William Friedkin, a.k.a. Hurricane Billy, passed away. Here’s my ranking of his 20 features.
2022: The Year in Bedlam
The latest installment of my annual Year in Bedlam overview
Halloween Movies: My Top 20
My 20 favorite Halloween movies (no, NIGHT OF THE DEMONS and HOCUS POCUS aren’t on it)
ACT OF VIOLENCE IN A YOUNG JOURNALIST
This beyond-obscure 1988 feature, one of the first to receive a straight-to-video release in its native Uruguay, was given new prominence by the semi-documentary STRAIGHT TO VHS