THE CELL at 20
On THE CELL (2000) and the effects, pro and con, of controversy
SODOM AND GOMORRAH: THE LAST SEVEN DAYS
Another 1970s era dispatch from the Weird Porno category
THE MUSHROOM MAN
A most unique period piece from Mexico involving betrayal, racism and hallucinogenics.
MADE MEN
You simply cannot go wrong with this book, which explores Martin Scorsese’s GOODFELLAS
I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
A most unlikely offering from writer-director Charlie Kaufman
PINOCCHIO
This 2019 film sought to adapt Carlo Collodi’s immortal ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO in its original un-Disneyfied form
LAW AND ORDER
A documentary about police officers from 1969 that seems especially relevant to 2020
ABED
A 50 minute zombie-fest from 2012 that sets new standards for cinematic outrage
CHASING THE LIGHT
Speaking as one who quite literally grew up watching his films, I couldn’t help but gravitate toward this, Oliver Stone’s long-in-coming memoir
THE PAINTED BIRD
Arguably the most controversial film of 2020, this is a near-three hour adaptation of the iconic 1965 novel THE PAINTED BIRD by the late Jerzy Kosinski