MarkRLeeper, Author at SFcrowsnest

Forbidden Planet (1956) by Mark R. Leeper (a film retrospective).

I saw that TCM is going to show one of the great and iconic Science Fiction films of all time.

The 1950s could be thought of as the Golden Age of giant arthropod films and frequently giant arthropod films are

In the 1994 film ‘Ed Wood’, the title character, gets enthusiastic over some stock footage, saying that with enough of

‘Destination Moon’ (1950), the film that probably should have led off the 50s Science Fiction cycle, actually is still an

‘The Vigil’ is a horror film in a Jewish Hasidic setting. The ‘vigil’ of the title is not the sitting

‘A Ghost Waits’ is a new take on an old idea. Muriel is fairly successfully haunting a house: all the

M.C. Escher is best known for his tessellations and for his ‘Impossible’ structures. Strangely, he did not think of himself

Co-directed by Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer, this Apple TV+ documentary about meteors covers a surprising breadth of discussion about

Spaceship Earth is a documentary about Biosphere 2 and the story of the eight people who chose to live in

This is a good commentary and companion piece for the original film with many ideas coming together. It has its