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
CHASING THE BOOGEYMAN
The first solo novel by Richard Chizmar was this unique account of crime and detection, which blends autobiography and crime fiction
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
This, the premiere work of prose fiction by Quentin Tarantino, is in many respects just like his films
2020: The Year in Bedlam
2020 was a hell of a year
MADE MEN
You simply cannot go wrong with this book, which explores Martin Scorsese’s GOODFELLAS
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