Cult

            I think it was my sadness reading about the death of the sublime Jane Birkin that encouraged me to revisit a 1985 film she was in that was directed by Paul Morrissey– Beethoven’s Nephew. I remember loving the movie when…
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            At the beginning of Ed Wood’s gloriously bonkers Plan 9 from Outer Space, a man is seen sitting at a desk wearing a tuxedo and with a ludicrous spit curl in his hair. He speaks in a stentorian deep voice:…
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            People often ask me what scary movies to watch for Halloween. I presume it’s either because they know I watch a lot of horror films or maybe it’s because of my face. Either way I am happy to oblige, sharing…
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            Legendary cult British director Michael Reeves was only 25 when he died of an accidental barbiturate overdose, and, in his brief career, directed only three movies. But at the time of his death he seemed on the cusp of a…
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            Yes, I must confess, I collect movie stills where actors are screaming or trembling with fear. They always make me laugh. Those freeze-frame publicity shots of mock fright and terror. There’s something so ludicrous and wonderful about them. I have…
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            Turner Classic Movies this month is scheduling each day with an all-day tribute to a different star. On August 4ththey are devoting the day to Ruth Roman, the husky-voiced, sexy, character actress who was always better than most of the…
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            If ever there was a movie “as gay as a picnic basket” (as Sophia referred to Blanche’s brother on Golden Girls) it’s the bonkers 1943 Technicolor musical The Gang’s All Here.             This might have been just another wartime musical confection…
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            I remember being with my mother at the Palace Theater in Norwich, Connecticut when I was a young lad, watching musclebound Mike Henry in Tarzan and the Valley of Gold and she leaned in to me half-way through and asked…
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