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