THE LODGER
A 1913 suspensor whose enjoyment is contingent on the ability to cast one’s mind back and view the text through the eyes of an Edwardian
ANGEL DUST
A very quirky, stylized serial killer drama from Japan’s Sogo Ishii
VICE SQUAD
A 1982 film that remains a standout in the trashy thriller category
2025: The Year in Bedlam
Looking back over the film releases of 2025
NO TEARS IN HELL
A film often feels like a callback to the torture porn era, despite a prestigious veneer that places it on an elevated, but still extremely horrific, plane.
2024: The Year in Bedlam
Let’s face it: the movies of 2024 by and large sucked
THE KILLER
The apotheosis of the British author/philosopher Colin Wilson’s crime fiction was THE KILLER, presented by the UK’s Savoy Books in its most complete version
THE GLASS CAGE
An “unconventional detective story” by the inimitable Colin Wilson
BUFFET FROID
A very bizarre 1979 comedy by France’s Bertrand Blier that functions as a film noir parody, a cautionary essay on contemporary dehumanization and an unfiltered blast of surreal invention
2023: The Year in Bedlam
The latest installment of my annual overview of the previous year’s noteworthy film releases