VAMPIRA AND ME
Filmmaker R.H. Greene didn’t make things easy on himself when crafting this film, a documentary about Maila Nurmi, a.k.a. Vampira
LISZTOMANIA, Ken Russell, Genius and Madness
LISZTOMANIA is not a widely admired film, but I say it deserves a reappraisal
LAID BARE
In which true crime author John Gilmore lays bare his early years as an actor, and his dealings with the soon-to-be-famous
PREY
Five guys on a forest jaunt and an unseen shooter: that about sums up this no-frills German Netflixer from 2021
AMIGO
A two-hander featuring a real-life Spanish comic team going slowly bonkers
YOURS CRUELLY, ELVIRA: MEMOIRS OF THE MISTRESS OF THE DARK
Everyone loves Elvira, whose life story is told quite well in these pages
TV Flashback: THE BOY WITH TWO HEADS
Here’s proof of something I’ve long believed: children’s programming is the weirdest that exists
THE SHIP OF MONSTERS
Mexican made lunacy with a difference: it’s a sci fi-western-vampire movie!
TRAGOS: A CYBER-NOIR WITCH HUNT
This, if you ask me, is the most interesting film made by the underground auteur Antero Alli
BIG BAD JOHN: THE JOHN MILIUS INTERVIEWS
A book of interviews with the famous screenwriter/director John Milius