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I'm working through the First Thirty films of Jack Nicholson for an upcoming zine and #26 may be the greatest ever film noir shot in colour and widescreen. Don't forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown. As always, comments are welcome. Chinatown (1974) apocalypselaterfilm.com/2025/03/chinat…

This year I'm reviewing films from 1925 on their centennials and a catchup is March's Grass, an early ethnographic documentary from the makers of King Kong about the seasonal migration of the Bakhtiari tribe. Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925) apocalypselaterfilm.com/2025/03/grass-…

I review books at the @NamelessZine , which publishes monthly on the 15th. The Book of Witching is another powerful feminist horror novel from @CJessCooke that's set in one place but in two different eras. C. J. Cooke - The Book of Witching thenamelesszine.org/Books-2025/Boo…

I review books at the @NamelessZine, which publishes monthly on the 15th. At the Fount of Creation is the end of a powerful Nigerian fantasy duology. The more I read about orisha, the more I want to read more. Tobi Ogundiran - At the Fount of Creation thenamelesszine.org/Books-2025/At_…

I'm working through the First Thirty films of Jack Nicholson for an upcoming zine and #25 tasks him with escorting Randy Quaid to naval prison through a stellar Robert Towne script. As always, comments are welcome. The Last Detail (1973) apocalypselaterfilm.com/2025/07/the-la…

I review books at the @NamelessZine, which publishes monthly on the 15th. Book #12 for Asterix takes the Gauls to Athens for the Olympic Games where he must compete without any magic potion. René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo - Asterix at the Olympic Games thenamelesszine.org/Illustrated-20…

I review books at the @NamelessZine, which publishes monthly on the 15th. American Rapture is a blistering follow up to Maeve Fly, a tough trek through an American apocalypse made worse by religious extremists. CJ Leede - American Rapture thenamelesszine.org/Books-2025/Ame…

I'm working through the First Thirty films of Jack Nicholson for an upcoming zine and #24 has impeccable performances from him, Bruce Dern and Ellen Burstyn, amidst an empty Atlantic City in the winter. The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) apocalypselaterfilm.com/2025/03/the-ki…

This year I'm reviewing films from 1925 on their centennials and a catchup is March's Whirlpool of Fate, a mostly routine melodrama that's also the debut of Jean Renoir, who nails a nightmare sequence. Whirlpool of Fate (1925) apocalypselaterfilm.com/2025/03/whirlp…

I'm working through the First Thirty films of Jack Nicholson for an upcoming zine and #24 is A Safe Place (1971), an experimental non-linear puzzle box of a feature that only asks questions but offers no answers. A Safe Place (1971) apocalypselaterfilm.com/2025/03/a-safe…

This year I'm reviewing films from 1925 on their centennials and a catchup is March's Seven Chances, with Buster Keaton in a one joke comedy that wraps up with a legendary sixteen minute chase by a mob of would be brides. Seven Chances (1925) apocalypselaterfilm.com/2025/03/seven-…

I'm working through the First Thirty films of Jack Nicholson for an upcoming zine and #22 is Carnal Knowledge (1971), a deep character study of a man who only seeks women for sex. As always, comments are welcome. Carnal Knowledge (1971) apocalypselaterfilm.com/2025/03/carnal…

I'm remembering important people to film who were born in 1925 on their 100th birthdays and the 15th was D. A. Pennebaker's. I remembered his life and career with Dont Look Back (1967), his glimpse into who Bob Dylan was during his 1965 tour of the UK. apocalypselaterfilm.com/2025/07/dont-l…

I'm taking a look at pilots that weren't aired for TV shows that weren't made. I'm starting with the 2011 pilot for Locke & Key, based on the comic book by Joe Hill. It's a tight thriller with a stellar cast. I'd have watched the show. Locke & Key (2011) apocalypselaterfilm.com/2025/07/locke-…

I review books at the @NamelessZine, which publishes monthly on the 15th. Walpurgis County is a weird place where weird and horrific things happen. Many are explored in this excellent short story collection. @KyleToucher - Welcome to Walpurgis County thenamelesszine.org/Books-2025/Wel…

I review books at the @NamelessZine, which publishes monthly on the 15th. An unusual gentleman travels on an unusual flight to an unusual place only for much of it to be wiped out when Krakatoa explodes. William Pène du Bois - The Twenty-One Balloons thenamelesszine.org/Nana-2025/Twen…

I review books at the @NamelessZine, which publishes monthly on the 15th. The 109th Doc Savage is a weak novel full of wonderful moments, including a fourteen year old who can and does out-Johnny Johnny with vocabulary. Kenneth Robeson - The Too-Wise Owl thenamelesszine.org/Voices-2025/To…

I review books at the @NamelessZine, which publishes monthly on the 15th. The 7th Interplanetary Adventure for Biggles author Capt. W. E. Johns is the first that's new to me and one that tells me he was a pantser. Captain W. E. Johns - To Worlds Unknown thenamelesszine.org/Nana-2025/To_W…

I review books at the @NamelessZine, which publishes monthly on the 15th. My @guynsmith for February was a slimmer sequel but one that I liked better than its original, pure country horror with neat kink and gore. Guy N. Smith - Thirst II: The Plague thenamelesszine.org/Voices-2025/Th…

I review books at the @NamelessZine, which publishes monthly on the 15th. My February Books of Horror Go To List pick was as much a mystery as a supernatural horror, a murder investigated in two different times. Simone St. James - The Sun Down Motel thenamelesszine.org/Books-2025/Sun…