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
THE STRANGE VOYAGE OF DONALD CROWHURST
Ronald Crowhurst was a deeply obsessive man, so it’s appropriate that this book about his doomed 1969 voyage is an extremely eccentric and obsessive piece of work in its own right
Chris Hardwick and the Dark Side of Nerd Culture
I don’t much like Chris Hardwick
CHRISTIANE F.
In the annals of “just say no” cinema this 1981 film is unquestionably one of the most powerful entries
Paul Schrader’s Films, Ranked
In celebration of the release of FIRST REFORMED, here is my ranking of Paul Schrader’s feature films up to 2018
1998: The Year in Bedlam
Movie-wise 1998 will go down in memory as a year of misunderstood classics