Nicolas Roeg: 1928-2018
On November 23, 2018 we lost one of the world’s greatest filmmakers
DARK (2017)
This is the closest thing that exists to a director’s cut of Paul Schrader’s DYING OF THE LIGHT (2014)
CALAMITY OF SNAKES
This Hong Kong monstrosity may be the ultimate killer snake movie
LOW-BUDGET HELL: MAKING UNDERGROUND MOVIES WITH JOHN WATERS
An interesting and, I think, vital take on John Waters and the underground film scene in which he thrived during the 1970s and early 80s
BLADE RUNNER: Novel, Treatment, and Movie(s)
Clarification: this article is not actually about BLADE RUNNER (1982). It refers, in fact, to a key line in its end credits sequence: “WITH THANKS TO WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS AND ALAN E. NOURSE FOR THE USE OF THE TITLE BLADE RUNNER.”
ROBOT
A prime example of Kollywood, or Tamil, movie madness that plays like some unholy combination of THE TERMINATOR, ROBOCOP and I, ROBOT
ROOM TO DREAM
Far and away the most comprehensive David Lynch biography to date
BARRABAS (1919)
This thirteen part serial hails from 1919. It was the final crime-themed work of France’s incomparable Louis Feuillade
Harlan Ellison: 1934-2018
What is there to say about writer/gadfly Harlan Ellison? Frankly, not a whole lot that hasn’t already been said
GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH
A novelization that replicates the unfettered spirit of its Joe Dante directed source