Bitterness Personified

  / Portrait of Leigh Bowery by Nick Knight, 1992 / “In his brief life Bowery was described as many things. Among them: fashion designer, cl...

Recently watched: Rent-A-Cop (1987). When Burt Reynolds and Liza Minnelli were originally teamed for the 1975 film Lucky Lady, the result ...

  / Demi Moore in The Substance (2024) / Hagsploitation truly is the horror sub-genre that keeps on giving. Sparked by the unexpected succe...

  Recently watched: gleefully cheap, nasty and enjoyable exploitation flick The Children (1980). Tagline: “Something terrifying has happene...

  Staying in tonight? Want some thematically appropriate festive viewing? I recommend grisly low-budget slasher flick New Year’s Evil (1980...

  In the countdown to Kitschmas ... Mamie Van Doren's festive pictorial for Escapade magazine, 1966. I posted this set on my Facebook a...

  “The doorbell rang, I opened the door and there she was – my dream-come-true, four-hundred pounds of raw talent. I carefully invited Jean ...

“Liz Renay is a most unusual woman with a most unusual past. A prominent author recently said, “I looked into her eyes, and they held me, an...

  I was in Canada (for the first time since 2017) between 31 August – 7 September. On the Air Canada flight from London to Montreal I finall...

  Sure, excitement is buzzing over Blonde (Netflix’s adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’ speculative 1999 Marilyn Monroe biography drops on 23...

  Recently watched: The Wild World of Batwoman (1966). Tagline: “A Thrill-cade of Excitement! Roaring through the city streets into Wildvil...

 /  Johnathon Schaech and Jessica Lange in Hush / Recently watched: Hush (1998). Tagline: “Don’t breathe a word …”   Hush is a long-for...

Recently watched: New Year’s Evil (1980). Tagline: “Don’t dare make new year’s resolutions … unless you plan to live!”   Over the holidays,...