Film Rev

Samuel Z. Arkoff and his production company American International are responsible for a diverse range of B movies, productions like, Beach Blanket Bingo, Bikini Beach, Blacula, Reform School Girl, Dr. Golfdfoot And The Bikini Machine, Boxcar Bertha, Dragstrip Girl, and The She Creature. These films were made using Arkoff’s special…

Ed Wood didn’t make movies for people to watch, he made movies for him to sell. Marx called it the difference between “use value” and “exchange value.” If you are buying the ingredients to make a coconut cream pie you intend to eat or “use” you look for the best…

This week I found out that in August 2018, Vanderbilt University Press will publish People Only Die of Love in Movies: Film Writing by Jim Ridley, edited by me. I wrote about Jim after he died last April; he was a tremendous writer, a dear friend and the sweetest, sweetest man. Here is a little more about the book. More to come.