Werner Herzog’s first film ‘Herakles’ is all about the beefcake
For a movie with no dialogue and no plot, consisting largely of footage of male bodybuilders working out to a saxophone jazz soundtrack, Werner Herzog‘s…
Movies Archives: 09/2014
Watch Martin Scorsese’s bloody 1967 anti-Vietnam War short, ‘The Big Shave’
Prepare yourself for a little bit of gore, but make sure you don’t miss this one. Clocking in at under six minutes long, Martin Scorsese’s…
‘Beach Ball’: Having a beach party with Scott Walker, 1965
When you listen to Scott Walker, do you think “beach party”? No? Well, long before “The Electrician,” before “The Plague,” even before “The Sun Ain’t…
‘ABCs of Death 2’: Gory, hilarious trailer with 26 ways to die, a different director for each letter
I’m not a big fan of the whole “gore” genre. Although I do harbor a fondness for Herschell Gordon Lewis’ Blood Feast, 2000 Maniacs and…
The creepy fantasies that inspired John Fowles’ novel ‘The Collector’
John Fowles was a 37-year-old school teacher when his first novel The Collector was published in 1963. Though Fowles had been writing for fifteen years…