The CV

OF WOLF AND MAN: “WOLFEN”

When is a werewolf movie not a werewolf movie? When it's WOLFEN. 1981 was a special year for the cinema of the lycanthrope, with three spectacular offerings in the guise of Joe Dante's THE HOWLING, John Landis' AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, and Michael Wadleigh&

The Flies

None of the blocks that were on my beat were ever really clean. That was one of the things about being a social worker; you got used to being sent to places that no human should ever be forced to live in. But I tell you, Nelson Towers was something

Beast of War

With fifty years since the emergence of "Jaws," it's appropriate that another shark thriller comes splashing around in the guise of "Beast of War," directed by Australian Kiah Roache-Turner (who made another creature feature, Sting). "Beast of War" is a fast-paced intense

Hollywood 90028

The continuing joy in being a film nerd is new discoveries, especially those that aren't constantly in the central conversation. Christina Hornisher's 1973 picture "Hollywood 90028" is one of those. Not exactly out of the blue - it was rediscovered and restored by Grindhouse