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Larry Cohen's newly published memoir I KILLED BETTE DAVIS offers insight into the director's working relationship with actors and how he got them onboard that wild Larry Cohen ride. It's something he was thinking about right up to his final interview with Jonathan Doyle:

We talk about Larry Cohen, his recurring actors and his life and work as reported in his memoirs with the book's editor James Kenney and Andrew Overbye of the Authorized Novelization Podcast: soundcloud.com/user-564624820…

*NEW* Maybe I was too harsh on the David Lynch/Chair Company comparisons. Maybe… PINNLAND EMPIRE: THE SCHOOL OF DAVID LYNCH: THE CHAIR COMPANY pinnlandempire.com/2025/12/the-sc… #sidebyside #lynchian #davidlynch #TheChairCompany #timrobinson #TwinPeaks

I always talk about how movies are moments. We forget plot & character long after we’ve seen a film. But we remember moments. Takashi Miike blessed us with more than one moment in Dead or Alive 2: Birds.

Growing up in a strict Southern Baptist household, R-rated movies were off the table. In fact, going to the cinema was mostly off the table. It wasn't until the home video boom and our first VCR around 1989 that allowed mature viewing to enter the house. At Cloverdale

*NEW* This movie was what it was but at least it’s a Black-centered horror movie that doesn’t have GET OUT’s DNA in it. So that’s kind of a step forward. (No hate to GET OUT but enough is enough) PINNLAND EMPIRE: THE WOMAN IN THE YARD pinnlandempire.com/2025/12/the-wo… #horror

Arrived at my destination just as "Lovefool" by the Cardigans started playing on the radio. I would have liked to listen to that song! This goddamn country, man.

What's your favorite Larry Cohen movie?

Two movies this year where characters suffering from severe toothache and anxiety over recent reluctant murders relieve both by tearing out the tooth with pliers and having a "Phew, that's better" response. EDEN (dir. Ron Howard, 2025) NO OTHER CHOICE (dir. Park Chan-wook, 2025)

"His wife." That's Shannon Tweed, nitwits.