In the introduction to new his book, Robert Altman: An Oral Biography , Mitchell Zuckoff describes his friendship with the director, whom he...

Roy Matchett , a man I’ve known for close to 40 years, the father of a close friend in high school and college, died this past Saturday, Oct...

There seems to have been an unexpected enthusiasm about Halloween this year around our house and around the neighborhood which, in addition ...

The flat-out funniest thing I managed to see, on screen or in 3-D life, during this past week, one which was largely bereft of even the most...

Happy All Hallows Eve, devils and angels! (Images courtesy of the Riptheskull collection, which I became aware of through the excellent Hal...

The following essay is my contribution to Kevin J. Olson's Italian Horror Blog-a-Thon , which features multiple links to all manner of f...

Plenty of other stuff to get to and no time to do it until after work tonight, but even so, this one was to good to pass up. Thanks for the ...