Gregg Araki made his reputation for uncompromising indie filmmaking with a the Doom Generation Trilogy. Those films explored the terror and exhilaration of being young, confused, and hormonal. His later film, MYSTERIOUS SKIN, was unflinching in its depiction of the effects of child sexual abuse on its victims. His latest, KABOOM, picks up many of… Read More »
William Friedkin Takes on KILLER JOE
William Friedkin has made few movies over the last five decades or so, and when I spoke with him on July 11, 2012, he explained his reasons. The man who made THE EXORCIST, THE FRENCH CONNECTION, and SORCERER is not a man to compromise what he wants to achieve in a film. His preferred subject,… Read More »