“The forgotten and ignored, real and tragic happenings in our society are reflected and revealed in the role of Julia, who tries to identify herself while she is facing the dark side of her life.”

Athough it’s been over 30 years, Tami Stronach will probably never be able to go through an interview without mention of her role as the “Childlike Empress” in Wolfgang Petersen’s 1984 fantasy film, The NeverEnding Story.

I was honored to interview Dr. Elham Madani, the CEO of the WIND International Film Festival. I will host the awards ceremony on October 22nd from 3 to 9 PM.

This interview with Model and artist Kristie California was conducted back in April 2012 by Tom Heckbert for the now-defunct website Eyestrane.com. It’s been republished at Idol Features courtesy of Tom.

This one is a 1962 “nudie cutie” horror-comedy. Nudie Cuties I described in detail in my review of Nude on the Moon, so I’ll forgo the history of the genre here.

To do something a little different with this Friday the 13th piece, here’s a pre-death scene of one of the higher-profile actresses whose character became another notch on Jason’s Voorhees’ machete.

“Naked to Hell” was a short story meant to evoke early 1960s exploitation films. This is the properly lettered version, one I hope to find a home for one of these days.

The short psychological thriller Fine Line illustrates just how cutthroat some bands can be once members agree that one of their own has become detrimental to the group and needs to go.