FROM THE LIFE OF THE MARIONETTES
A German language psychothriller from the legendary Ingmar Bergman that pivots on the disturbed psyche of a murderer
THIRST (2009)
South Korea’s Chan-wook Park does a vampire film, and the results are every bit as crazed, shocking and unexpected as you’d expect from the writer-director of OLDBOY and SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE
TARANTULA
Here we have a fascinating hybrid, a suitably hard boiled noir thriller with a freaky psychosexual edge
THE SHINING (Book)
Regarding Stephen King’s “masterpiece” THE SHINING, I part ways with most of the horror community
SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS
Don’t get too excited about this book, as it’s not the proper novelization of the 1964 abomination SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS that I was hoping for
THE SPIRIT, Batman, and the Decline of Frank Miller
April of 2009 marked the DVD debut of writer/director FRANK MILLER’S film THE SPIRIT, which is sadly representative of the downward arc Miller’s work has taken
WATCHMEN!
On this, the first week of March 2009, a pop culture phenomenon is sweeping the U.S. that for once actually has some worth. It’s the movie adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon’s legendary WATCHMEN
NATURAL BORN KILLERS at 15
Oliver Stone’s NATURAL BORN KILLERS was the most controversial film of the 1990s
Insanity, Satan Worship, Mind Control and Mass Murder: The (Later) Films of Philip Yordan
In observance of the March 24, 2003 death of screenwriter Philip Yordan, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and elusive talents, let’s take a look at some of his films
Addio Carmelo
On March 16, 2002, the Italian writer/actor/filmmaker Carmelo Bene passed away