SHOLAY: THE MAKING OF A CLASSIC
In the rarefied world of Bollywood SHOLAY is possibly the most iconic and influential film in existence
2017: The Year in Bedlam
What follows is the latest installment of the Year in Bedlam overview of the previous year’s best and worst movies, according to yours-truly
I BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS
France was the source of this 1984 Christmas themed atrocity, which is horrendous—albeit quite endearingly so
CLOUDS
Filipino horror trash that was apparently marketed as a porno flick in its native land—a designation that isn’t entirely off the mark given the copious sex scenes and trashy overall vibe
Cult Films In Search of A Cult
Having written about the subject for the past 20 years, I can discern what marks out cult films, and the following, I believe, are all prime candidates
PAPERBACKS FROM HELL: THE TWISTED HISTORY OF ’70s AND ’80s HORROR FICTION
Now here’s a subject I know a bit about: paperback horror novels of the so-called “horror boom” of the 1970s and 80s
REFLECTIONS FROM A CINEMATIC CESSPOOL
A must-own for films nerds everywhere, this is a joint memoir by the notorious Kuchar brothers
IT DOESN’T SUCK: SHOWGIRLS
Here we have a wholehearted defense of SHOWGIRLS, director Paul Verhoeven’s notorious 1995 hymn to stripper life
I’LL DO ANYTHING, With Songs and Without
Amid the inexplicable success of LA LA LAND, I think it’s a good time to look back at a like-minded film whose fortunes weren’t nearly as rosy.
MUDDLED MIND: THE COMPLETE WORKS OF EDWARD D. WOOD, JR.
A most welcome volume, due to the fact that MUDDLED MIND was the first book devoted to the writings of the inimitable Edward D. Wood, Jr.