2020: The Year in Bedlam
2020 was a hell of a year
LITTLE AURORE’S TRAGEDY
A 1952 film that seems destined to be the subject of a tug-of-war between those who say it’s one of the worst movies ever made and those who proclaim it a classic of Quebec cinema
CAPONE
A “harrowing and true untold story” (as this film’s ad copy eagerly states) of Al Capone? Not exactly
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