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 Manson-sploitation
August 9, 2019 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the murders committed by the Manson family
THE HIPPY CULT MURDERS
It’s no secret that following the August 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders a host of “Mansonsploitation” films, songs and books invaded our lives
THE MANSON MASSACRE
The most notorious of the “Manson-sploitation” movies, an unabashedly exploitive sixty nine minute spectacle that purports to dramatize the August 1969 killings of Sharon Tate and her companions
1993: The Year in Bedlam
Looking back over 1993, I’ve found it was quite an auspicious year for movies
1995: The Year in Bedlam
Some great films premiered in 1995, including Michael Mann’s HEAT, Todd Haynes’s SAFE and Mike Figgis’s LEAVING LAS VEGAS
1996: The Year in Bedlam
From a cinematic standpoint 1996 can be viewed as the beginning of the end on two counts
NIGHT OF THE GRIZZLIES
This factual account of a double bear attack in the summer of 1967 was a groundbreaker in its day