Tag: 1980s

To Kill A Mockingbird and Horror

“Even if we were to discount the element of Southern small town prejudice and the ugly courtroom trial that occupies the film’s center, this adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Harper Lee is just plain spooky… and it is my feeling that it has bestowed upon […]

RIP, Sylvia Kristel

Actress Sylvia Kristel has died.  While she worked with many directors on many films, Kristel is best known for the 1974 film, Emmanuelle, and its many sequels. The Guardian and  The New York Times have obituaries. The Guardian also has a review of her memoir, Undressing Emmanuelle: “I […]