DEDICATED TO THE AEGEAN SEA
The one and only Japanese made, Italian financed, Greece set erotic drama
TWISTED ISSUES
The debut feature of SOV auteur Charles Pinion was this self-proclaimed “Psycho-Punk Splatter Comedy”
Barbie, Movie Star?
On the Barbie headlined films SUPERSTAR: THE KAREN CARPENTER STORY, BARBIE (1977), COOL KIDS HIGH and DOLLA MORTE.
THE BUTCHER BOY
The brief acting career of the late Sinéad O’Connor reached its apex in this rancid little film from Ireland’s Neil Jordan
SLITHIS
Certainly the only monster movie ever made whose critter emerges from the canals of Venice Beach, CA
TRANS-EUROP-EXPRESS
The second feature directed by France’s late Alain-Robbe Grillet was this 1967 lark that took the Euro crime thriller model for quite a ride
A WOMAN KILLS
One of the more interesting unknown films of the sixties was this 1968 feature by France’s Jean-Denis Bonan
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
Another horror movie that doesn’t call itself horror
DARK MATTER (Blake Crouch)
A fun book–quantum mechanics without pain!
SOLDIER: FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN
I’ve admittedly never been too enthusiastic about the 1998 Kurt Russell science fiction vehicle SOLDIER, but thoroughly enjoyed this passionate account of its making