Born on this date in 1936: Larry Cohen, the quintessential indy filmmaker and a prince of New York. Forever missed. #RIP 🖤 bit.ly/2WrtXeb 
Larry Cohen’s directorial debut was BONE (1972), starring Yaphet Kotto. Unforgettable if you’ve seen it. “Love BONE before he loves you!” bit.ly/2Q1yjsF
Larry Cohen followed that up in 1973 with BLACK CAESAR and HELL UP IN HARLEM. bit.ly/2U68WYH 🔨
One of the films Larry Cohen is best remembered for is IT’S ALIVE (1974). Don’t miss reading what Matt Wedge wrote for DG about this horror classic: bit.ly/2Foq1nm 👼🏻
DG Essentials: The IT’S ALIVE trilogy, as described by Larry Cohen expert Matt Wedge: bit.ly/2Tq41gZ 👼🏻
GOD TOLD ME TO (1976) is one of several movies that puts Larry Cohen on equal footing as a bard of New York cinema, alongside Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee. That’s right. We said it. bit.ly/2U7fdDn 🗽
Larry Cohen’s genre-jumping could not be rivaled or restrained. Next up: THE PRIVATE FILES OF J. EDGAR HOOVER (1977): bit.ly/2TVld31
Okay, so maybe they weren’t all winners. Johnny Donaldson on Larry Cohen’s FULL MOON HIGH (1981), starring Adam Arkin and Ed McMahon and sharing a cinematographer with THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE: bit.ly/2CB0zdH 🌕
And now, we go back to the highlights... Jon Abrams on Q: THE WINGED SERPENT (1982), another one of those movies that proves Larry Cohen is one of the greatest New York filmmakers ever to take a camera into those crowded streets: bit.ly/2TUzBZs 🐉
A Daily Grindhouse double-feature: Matt Wedge on Larry Cohen’s two films from 1984, SPECIAL EFFECTS and PERFECT STRANGERS, both erotic thrillers without a flying lizard anywhere in sight... bit.ly/2CySDJY
Matt Wedge on THE STUFF (1985), another one of Larry Cohen’s most well-known classics: bit.ly/2Wk03rW
Larry Cohen was even more prolific as a screenwriter than he was as a director. Here’s a look back at 1987’s BEST SELLER, directed by John Flynn and starring @RealJamesWoods and Brian Dennehy: bit.ly/2HQRXDg 📚
