Ramsey Campbell wrote a sequel of sorts to the title story of his first short story collection 49 years later. The Inhabitant of the Lake and Less Welcome Tenants was published in 1964 when he was 18. It was a loving Lovecraft imitation. In 2013, he released The Last Revelation of Gla'aki, which returns to the…

Phoenix was my most anticipated film of last year and it did not disappoint. It was also the only film in a long while that visibly floored the friends to which I showed it.

Just not as funny, unintentionally or otherwise.

Yeah, his etymology of genre is, er, questionable.

Sounds excellent. Hoss is always great. Thanks!

Thanks for another fun and insightful discussion guys!

Thanks for another fun and insightful discussion guys!

"Making a villain look slightly ridiculous somehow invariably also makes him/her look even more threatening."

Glad to see another Film Club discussion. Been missing it.

I would add here Stanley Cavell's The World Viewed and Pursuits of Happiness, and I think that, while not only about film, Hollis Frampton's On the Camera Arts and Consecutive Matters is essential reading.

I haven't read the Lumet book. Thanks! The diaries are fun and McKee's is fun as a provocative book. On screenwriting, Guy Gallo's Screenwriter's Compass is written with great gusto, but I prefer Jean-Claude Carrière's The Secret Language of Film.

Yes! Great piece. Have read it several times. Most Sontag works are great.

Agree about Rosenbaum absolutely. And I've also read the Ebert book. Thanks!

It's on my list. Thanks! I find Rancière's stuff fascinating. I enjoyed reading The Future of the Image, for one.

I'm curious, IV: what do you think are other essential books on film?

Looking forward to more entries in this new feature! I think it's a great idea. May a suggest one on Lina Wertmüller and Giancarlo Giannini?

Something that's great about the article is the images. I have this theory that a not-insignificant part of how some male directors were turned into legends had to do with the iconic photographs that showed them as masters of the craft and technology of filmmaking: you have Steven Spielberg simulating a frame with his…

Quite appropriate to bring Kurosawa and Star Wars together since Lucas already found inspiration in Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress for the plot of A New Hope.

That's exactly what Mike Stoklasa from Red Letter Media said about the monster in Nightbeast in this video. He and his fellow panelists express their fondness for Don Dohler's work, even though they found this one lacking:

What might happen then is that more excellent films might be made that are not intended for the big screen. I have friends who are hopeful this will happen and perhaps give more control to the filmmakers if the budgets decrease and digital distribution makes it easier to spread these films around. A new space for…