THE WITCHES
A dream collaboration if ever there was, the first and only teaming of Nicolas Roeg and Jim Henson
1983: The Year in Bedlam
If this year proves anything it’s that the rosy view of the eighties that has taken hold is complete bullcrap
1985: The Year in Bedlam
It makes sense that, in what is universally acknowledged as the worst-ever decade for film, the midpoint of that decade marks its low point
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
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
BAD TIMING
A love it or hate it exercise that’s been described as “a sick movie made by sick people for sick people”…by its own distributor!
PUFFBALL
This highly eccentric supernatural drama from 2007 was the first feature directed by the great Nicolas Roeg in over a decade, and so for that reason alone deserves a watch
TRACK 29
I may be the only person in the world who likes this movie, certainly among the most maligned ever made by the great Nicolas Roeg
DON’T LOOK NOW
One of the greatest horror movies of the 1970s, and indeed of all time: a sexy, innovative and atmospheric depiction of psychic terror