2012: The Year In Film

2012 was a stupendous year for cinema from my perspective.  There were certainly some abysmal lows, but for the most part, the highs were hi...

The Collection: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Series

As I stated in my Top 10 Films list , The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is essentially a perfect horror film.  I've discussed my lifelong rela...

The Sights And Sounds Of My Top 10

Highly regarded British movie magazine Sight And Sound have just released their once-every-decade " top 10 films " list.  This is ...

Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver has evolved into many different films to me over the 20 years I've been studying it. I first became aware of it from seeing...

You know what's great? The Passion of the Christ

You know what's great? The Passion of the Christ. I'm sure people would imagine I'm being ironic with that statement, but I assu...

My 5 favorite films: Film 3: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Along with late Saturday night horror host presentations of classic Universal monster films, my love of the genre took root in the early day...