If you love movies... and I mean really love movies, the kind that get under your skin, stick in your brain, and sometimes completely rearrange your emotional wiring, then I’ve got something special coming up that I’d love for you to be a part of. After four decades of watching, reviewing, arguing about, defending, tearing apart, and occasionally falling head-over-heels in love with movies, I finally put it all down on paper in my new book from Eckhartz Press , 40 Years, 40 F

Hey folks, it’s Nick Digilio here, and I’ve got a little question for you: Why not pick up a copy of my new book 40 Years, 40 Films  today? Seriously, it’s out, it’s real, you can hold it in your hands, and with the holidays upon us, it makes a fabulous, film-nerd-approved gift. You’ve got people in your life. They like movies. They like stories. Buy them the book. Boom: holiday hero. But listen, while you can absolutely order it online, I’d really love it if you came out to

Stephen King is one of the most beloved American authors of all time. I mean, the guy is the  King of Horror. His name is so ubiquitous that even people who don’t read books know who he is. He’s written over 65 novels. Over 200 short stories. That’s not even counting screenplays, essays, nonfiction, the Richard Bachman books. The man has basically written enough material to fill multiple libraries, and the sheer output is staggering. Some of it’s horror, some of it’s fantas

With the Peacock premiere of Night of the Zoopocalypse happening this week, I thought I'd write a bit about the one and only Clive Barker . Clive Barker is one of my favorite creative geniuses. Not just in the world of horror but in the larger world of literature, film, theatre, comics, visual art, and culture in general. He is a true renaissance man of the dark and strange. He writes novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays. He directs films. He paints, illustrates,

By Revista Panorama Número 297 de Enero, 1973. Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=125206575 With the release of Luca Guadagnino's outstanding  film version of William S. Burrough's novella "Queer, " we're seeing wonderful, renewed interest in Burroughs and his connection to cinema and art. BURROUGH'S INFLUENCE Like many of my generation, I discovered William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) when I was around 18 or 19, in the early 1980s. From the moment

Kate McKinnon  is a National Treasure. Of course, she is one of the best cast members in SNL history and has since become one of the funniest and most gifted performers on the planet.  She does terrific impersonations, creates unique characters, and can sing (she has a lovely voice). Her performances in the "Ghostbusters"  reboot from 2016, "Rough Night,"  and "Office Christmas Party"  are all outstanding, as is the wonderful voice work she does in numerous animated TV shows