Brian De Palma’s Films, Ranked
Here we pay homage to one of screen’s pre-eminent visual stylists and most irrepressible troublemakers
APROPOS OF NOTHING
It’s an interesting thing about Woody Allen: not too long ago he was considered the epitome of class and sophistication, but now he’s a pariah
LOLA
A “lost” film in the filmography of Spain’s late Bigas Luna (1946–2013), LOLA is a 1986 erotic thriller that received very little attention and has largely vanished from sight
DOCTOR PETIOT
A 1990 French period piece that stars the veteran actor Michel Serrault (1928-2007) and was made, brilliantly, by Christian de Chalonge
2019: The Year in Bedlam
What is there to say about 2019? A lot, albeit not on the movie screens
THE BIG LOVE
If nothing else, this outrageous showbiz memoir serves as a fitting footnote to HOLLYWOOD BABYLON
ALAMUT
A historical epic in the grand tradition, ALAMUT is notable for its subject, a fascinating one that has been surprisingly under-utilized in literature: the so-called “Old Man of the Mountain” Hasan-i Sabbah
1988: The Year in Bedlam
I really hate to keep repeating myself in my year-end summations, but I just have to say it: 1988 was an abysmal year for movies
TWINS
You probably know this novel as the inspiration for David Cronenberg’s DEAD RINGERS (1988), which was a rare instance of a film adaptation surpassing its source novel
Fifty Years of Mansonsploitation
August 9, 2019 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the murders committed by the Manson family