Disease Movies: An Informal History
With the advent of 2020 the disease movie has taken on an entirely new resonance
CONTAGION
This above-average 2011 disease thriller is one of director Steven Soderbergh’s most purely entertaining films
A TOPIARY
Here we have what has fast become one of the most fabled unfilmed screenplays: a 245 page science fiction themed oddity from Shane Carruth, of PRIMER (2004) and UPSTREAM COLOR (2013)
2018: The Year in Bedlam
Welcome to the 2018 edition of my annual Year in Bedlam THE BEST movie round-up
2015: A Look Back in Bedlam
What follows is my latest “Look Back in Horror” over the noteworthy horror movie/book related events of the past year, as well as some of my favorite literary and cinematic discoveries and noteworthy deaths.
WIND CHILL
A solid exercise in minimalism with fine location work, some decent scares, and extremely good performances by its lead actors