A while back I wrote an article about a series of movies I call WTF Cinema– films that are so whacked-out and weird they defy quick characterization. But since then, I realized there were plenty of titles I forgot. Movies…
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The Celluloid Closet by Vito Russo was a groundbreaking work which shone a spotlight on the shameful way gay people were presented in film through the years. If you were gay in a movie you usually ended up dead in…
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A mysterious ship sails into a London port, seemingly without a crew. Authorities apprehensively board the vessel to find countless bloodless bodies. They approach a hold, hearing a demonic cackle, and up rises Renfield, the doomed, possessed slave of Count…
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In Hollywood, “tuck” is not what you do to your children at night. Sometimes it’s a porn star’s name, but usually it’s something that you do to your body. To stay off the ravages of time, actors and actresses whittle…
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It distresses me to hear all the arguments concerning straight actors playing gay roles. Those who think only gay actors should be offered gay roles are also limiting gay actors at what they are allowed to play. I thought it…
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As each state slowly outlines plans for opening up businesses and re-booting the economy I am reminded of the scene in The Wizard Of Oz where Glinda the good witch sings for the Munchkins to, “come out, come out, wherever…
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When Roger Corman‘s biker movie The Wild Angels was unleashed in theaters 1966 it made a killing at the box office, made a star out of Peter Fonda and spawned scores of similar exploitation movies. But I remember at the time…
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I’ve been shocked lately when I ask friends what they’ve been watching in their social-distancing caves. Quite a few cheerily admit, “Contagion,” or, worse yet, “Outbreak.” To me that’s like being in a house on fire and instead of rushing…
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The irony is not lost on me. I’ve been under “house arrest” with a fractured ankle for over 5 months, and the minute I can get out the door the whole city shuts down and I have to scurry back…
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It is with a heavy heart I report the passing of 83-year-old Brazilian underground filmmaker and horror legend- Jose Mojica Marins, aka “Coffin Joe.” Usually dressed in a top hat and black cape with outrageously long fingernails, he made a series…
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