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The Cinema of John Carpenter: The Technique of Terror (2004) Book Review
John Carpenter has been variously labelled a “maverick”, a “horror director”, an “auteur”, even “the last genre filmmaker in America.” Unlike some of his more talkative and self-reflective colleagues like David Cronenberg or George...
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Book Review: Donnie Darko (by Geoff King)
I guess I was subconsciously expecting this book to be a letdown. The first two in the Cultographies series were excellent and very much to the point: so, at least one had to be...
Read More »TCM International Film Guide 2008 Book Review
Ever since 1963, when it was first published, the International Film Guide has enjoyed the unrivalled reputation as the most authoritative and trusted source of information on world cinema. For a good while Variety...
Read More »Book Review: This is Spinal Tap (by Ethan de Seife)
Here’s another volume in the Wallflower’s Cultographies series of books devoted to cult movies. Of course, the book market is clogged by all kinds of picturebooks and ‘guides’ through the highs and lows of...
Read More »Book Review: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (by Jeffrey Weinstock)
‘Cultographies’ is a new series of books, devoted (as you might guess) to ”the weird and wonderful world of cult cinema”. In format and approach they are very much reminiscent of the acclaimed British...
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