R.D FrancisLost Film Discovered: Pasqule Arico’s ‘The Session’ (1971), aka ‘3 on a Waterbed’Or is it a 35 mm copy of Louis Garfinkle’s ‘Beautiful People’ (1971), aka ‘3 on a Waterbed’ in that canister?Sep 21Sep 21
R.D FrancisTinseltown’s Secular Christian CinemaAn Easter and Passover exploration of religion and faith on film from HollywoodJun 24A response icon1Jun 24A response icon1
R.D FrancisElvis Presley on Film . . . Well, Maybe33 films that don’t star ‘The King’ himself, but are about Tupelo, Mississippi’s greatest son and Memphis, Tennessee’s greatest residentJun 24Jun 24
R.D FrancisDamien Thorn: Cinema’s First Antichrist Compels You to Watch 20 ‘Antichrist’ MoviesDevilish delights from the ’80s home video era that aren’t ‘The Omen’ . . . or ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ or ‘The Exorcist’Jun 9Jun 9
R.D FrancisBefore there was a Blumhouse Productions . . . there were Italian Gialli Horror FilmsAn examination of 1940s film noir inspiring European horror movies of the 1970s and 1980sMay 28May 28
R.D Francis‘Erotic Thrillers’ in the Tech-obsessed 1990sWhen the 1s met the 0s and the film noir sexy collided with the erotic stupid . . . and ruined my home-delivered pizzasApr 19Apr 19
R.D Francis‘Death Is Not the End’: The Lost, Castaway Film by Elroy Schwartz of ‘Gilligan’s Island’ fameThe mystery behind his 1975 hypnotherapy-reincarnation documentary and interview with the film’s star, Wanda Sue ParrottFeb 19Feb 19
R.D FrancisThe ‘Future’ of A.I Goes Up in FlamesArtificial Intelligence in the hands of man: a cinema perspectiveFeb 7Feb 7
R.D FrancisIntermissions in Theatrical FilmsThe analogs days of yesteryear when movies gave you a 15-minute break to stretch your legs and go to the bathroomJan 20Jan 20
R.D FrancisJesse P. Pollack: Searching for Truth in the American DarkInterview: The author of ‘Room 100: Sid, Nancy, and the Night Punk Rock Died’ and director of ‘The Point Pleasant Tapes’Dec 27, 2024Dec 27, 2024
R.D FrancisFerd Sebastian: A Life in FilmThe ’70s exploitation filmmaker behind the drive-in hits Rocktober Blood and ‘Gator Bait, passesOct 29, 2022Oct 29, 2022
