E-Books, Astrologers, Ocean Parks, Buried Treasure and SURVIVOR
The decline of print media is a subject that in the post-Coronavirus era has taken on a new relevance
VALI
A now obscure hour long “trance film” from 1965 about the late Vali Myers (1930-2003)
On TIGER KING and Lucky Documentarians
A bonafide phenomenon, TIGER KING enjoyed a 25 day ranking as Netflix’s number one show, and the reasons for its popularity aren’t difficult to figure out
SPORT, SPORT, SPORT
Playful is the word for this Soviet era quasi-documentary from the late Elem Klimov (1933-2003)
TV Flashback: AMERICAN CHRONICLES
A half hour documentary program produced by Lynch/Frost Productions, it was one of three failed TV series that followed in the wake of TWIN PEAKS
1986: The Year in Bedlam
Fact: anyone who says the eighties were a “golden age” for film is wrong, wrong, wrong, as the year 1986 proves quite amply
What’s in My Halloween Bag…
What follows is a more-or-less random selection of Halloween-themed ephemera
1988: The Year in Bedlam
I really hate to keep repeating myself in my year-end summations, but I just have to say it: 1988 was an abysmal year for movies
TV Flashback: AN AMERICAN FAMILY
AN AMERICAN FAMILY, a 12 episode docu-series that aired on PBS in 1973, is very likely the most famous yet least seen TV program in history
TV Flashback: LES DOCUMENTS INTERDITS
2019 marked the 20th anniversary of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, but I say it’s time for a look back even further, to that film’s true progenitor: the French TV program LES DOCUMENTS INTERDITS