He was tutored by Roger Corman like Coppola, Scorsese, and Dante. He's worked with actors like Chris Cooper, Matthew McConaughey, David Strathairn, and Angela Bassett. He's done script doctering on notable films like Apollo 13 and Mimic. He's received 2 Oscar nominations for screenwriting. He's John Sayles and, despite his prolific career, nobody talks about him. James McCormick of The Cast of Cthulhu returns to I Do Movies Badly to discuss the career of a writer/director who came up with the New Hollywood crowd, but neither hit the mainstream like Spielberg nor faded away like Rafaelson. The output of the man from Schenectady ranges from "low key" science-fiction to working class dramas and includes the three films James recommends: Brother From Another Planet (1984), Eight Men Out (1988), and Lone Star (1993).
IDMB Auld Lang Syne Off
IDMB Episode 215 - Introduction to Christmas Horror (featuring Alonso Duralde)
IDMB Episode 214 - Possession (1981)
IDMB Episode 213 - House (1977)
IDMB Episode 212 - The Killing of a Sacred Deer
IDMB Episode 211 - Introduction to Highbrow Horror (featuring Benny Krown)
IDMB Episode 210 - Ma
IDMB Episode 209 - Get Out
IDMB Episode 208 - The People Under the Stairs
IDMB Episode 207 - Introduction to Racial Reckoning Films (featuring Mark H. Harris)
IDMB Episode 206 - The Prophecy
IDMB Episode 205 - Frailty
IDMB Episode 204 - The Exorcist
IDMB Episode 203 - Introduction to Religious Horror Films (featuring Spooky Doings)
IDMB Episode 202 - Near Dark
IDMB Episode 201 - The Lost Boys
IDMB Episode 200 - Fright Night (1985)
IDMB Episode 199 - Introduction to the Queer Vampire Cycle (featuring Terry Mesnard of Gayly Dreadful)
IDMB Episode 198 - Class of 1984
IDMB Episode 197 - My Bloody Valentine (1981)
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