2020: Bedlam in Print
Here, in the early days of 2021, is the latest edition of my annual Bedlam in Print overview
MADE MEN
You simply cannot go wrong with this book, which explores Martin Scorsese’s GOODFELLAS
CHASING THE LIGHT
Speaking as one who quite literally grew up watching his films, I couldn’t help but gravitate toward this, Oliver Stone’s long-in-coming memoir
ARE SNAKES NECESSARY?
This irresistibly pulpy psycho-thriller is the first novel by film legend Brian De Palma (co-written with girlfriend Susan Lehman)
TV Flashback: AMAZING STORIES
With a rebooted AMAZING STORIES debuting on Apple TV+ next week, it seems like a good time for a look back at the show’s 1985-87 inspiration
2019: The Year in Bedlam
What is there to say about 2019? A lot, albeit not on the movie screens
CAPE FEAR (1991)
Back in 1991 this Martin Scorsese film seemed an anomaly: an unabashedly commercial thriller, and a remake to boot. The film has many good things, but just as many not-so-good ones
2008: Bedlam in Print
Here it is: my third annual look back at the year’s literary output
These Movies DID Play at a Theater Near You…but You Didn’t See ‘Em!
The following piece was written in response to the snippy emails I’ve been getting