Home — Crooked Marquee

Abby Olcese

Abby Olcese is a film critic and pop culture writer. In addition to writing for Crooked Marquee, she is also the film editor at The Pitch magazine. Her work has appeared in Sojourners Magazine, Birth. Movies. Death., SlashFilm and more. She lives in Kansas City.

News archive

Watch This: <i>Boys State</i> — Abby Olcese

Watch This: Boys State

Aug 14th, 2020

Boys State begins with a famous quote from George Washington’s farewell address about the potential danger of political parties, warning the...

Watch This: <i>An American Pickle</i> — Abby Olcese

Watch This: An American Pickle

Aug 7th, 2020

Simon Rich is an extremely gifted satirist. The former SNL writer is also the mastermind behind the FX cult comedy Man Seeking Woman and the TBS...

Watch This: <i>Yes, God, Yes</i> — Abby Olcese

Watch This: Yes, God, Yes

Jul 24th, 2020

Being a teenager in the early 2000s was its own brand of confusion. Right at the beginning of the digital age, we were only just starting to have...

Watch This: <i>Greyhound</i> — Abby Olcese

Watch This: Greyhound

Jul 17th, 2020

War movies tend to fall into two camps. There are the ones like 1917, Dunkirk, or Saving Private Ryan that focus on the mental and emotional impact...

Watch This: <i>The Old Guard</i> — Abby Olcese

Watch This: The Old Guard

Jul 10th, 2020

The Old Guard wants to be the first entry in a franchise very, very badly. Based on the first entry, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and written...

Watch This: <i>Hamilton</i> — Abby Olcese

Watch This: Hamilton

Jul 2nd, 2020

In the five years since Hamilton’s debut, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical has saturated popular culture to the point of parody. It’s hard to find...

Watch This: <i>Welcome to Chechnya</i> — Abby Olcese

Watch This: Welcome to Chechnya

Jun 26th, 2020

David France is quickly becoming the go-to filmmaker for excellent LGBTQ activist documentaries. France started his directing career with the...

Watch This: <i>Wasp Network</i> — Abby Olcese

Watch This: Wasp Network

Jun 19th, 2020

Olivier Assayas’ Wasp Network, out this weekend on Netflix, is an intriguing entry in the prolific auteur’s catalog. This espionage thriller...

Watch This: <i>The King of Staten Island</i> — Abby Olcese

Watch This: The King of Staten Island

Jun 12th, 2020

In recent years, Judd Apatow’s work as a director and a producer has taken on a decidedly more mature and bittersweet tone. His earlier days...

Watch This: <i>We Are Freestyle Love Supreme</i> — Abby Olcese

Watch This: We Are Freestyle Love Supreme

Jun 5th, 2020

If you’re one of the many folks looking forward to the Disney + release of Hamilton in July, good news: you can get a head start on uplifting...

Watch This: <i>The Vast of Night</i> — Abby Olcese

Watch This: The Vast of Night

Jun 1st, 2020

When watching The Vast of Night, the Slamdance phenomenon currently streaming on Amazon Prime, it’s hard not to be reminded of Brad Bird’s...

Watch This: <i>The Lovebirds</i> — Abby Olcese

Watch This: The Lovebirds

May 26th, 2020

Paramount’s decision to sell The Lovebirds directly to Netflix in the wake of theater closings may seem like a real bummer at first glance, but...

Watch This: <i>Monstrum</i> — Abby Olcese

Watch This: Monstrum

May 19th, 2020

The world of creature features has its own rogue’s gallery of beloved destruction generators. There’s Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah, Gamera,...

Watch This: <i>Clementine</i> — Abby Olcese

Watch This: Clementine

May 12th, 2020

The days may be blending into each other, but the seasons, at least, are starting to show significant change. Spring is here, with the start of...

Watch This: <i>Blood Quantum</i>, <i>The Half of It</i> — Abby Olcese

Watch This: Blood Quantum, The Half of It

May 5th, 2020

The most interesting thing to come out of expanded streaming during this period of staying home is the access to diverse voices. Many of the films...

Page 2 of 4123 4