Showgirls or Spice World?Reefer Madness or Robot Monster?battlefield Earth or The Black Gestapo?One reviewer's relentless search for the most appalling abomination ever to disgrace the screen--at the rate of one movie a day . . . for a year For every cinematic classic the studios have released, ther[...]
It's zombies vs. vampires vs. an invading militia as the legendary George Romero unleashes the next chapter in his ferocious undead epic Welcome back to a very different New York City, one that's sti ll standing - barely - years after a world-changing undead plague. Zombies are used for sport in th[...]
In placing Romero's oeuvre in the context of literary naturalism, the book explores the relevance of the director's films within American cultural traditions and thus explains the potency of such work beyond 'splatter movie' models. The author explores the roots of naturalism in the work of Emile Zo[...]
Released in 1985, "Day of the Dead" was the final film of George A. Romero's classic zombie trilogy, which forever changed the face of horror filmmaking. Set in an apocalyptic world where the living-dead epidemic has wiped out most of humanity, the movie quickly acquired cult status, and -- with one[...]
George A. Romero: On Screen is Chris Wade's guide to the work of one of the world's greatest maverick directors. The book goes movie by movie through his remarkable career, from Night of the Living Dead to Survival of the Dead, stopping off at Season of the Witch, Martin, Creepshow, Monkey Shines an[...]
I samband med premiären av Intolerable Cruelty, där bröderna Coen återigen gett charmtrollet George Clooney en av huvudrollerna, träffar Cyril Hellman den amerikanska independentfilmens kungar i hemstaden New York. (Ursprungligen publicerad i Svenska Dagbladet, 23 oktober 2003) Pervers, dep[...]