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Craig J. Clark

Craig J. Clark watches a lot of movies. He started watching them in New Jersey, where he was born and raised, and has continued to watch them in Bloomington, Indiana, where he moved in 2007. In addition to his writing for Crooked Marquee, Craig also contributes the monthly Full Moon Features column to Werewolf News. He is not a werewolf himself (or so he says).

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Woody Allen’s <i>Husbands and Wives</i>: The Storm After the Calm — Craig J. Clark

Woody Allen’s Husbands and Wives: The Storm After the Calm

Sep 14th, 2022

It’s been 30 years since Woody Allen’s private life became all too public, and 30 years since the release of one of his most challenging films,...

Classic Corner: <i>Haxan</i> — Craig J. Clark

Classic Corner: Haxan

Sep 9th, 2022

Released one century ago, Danish filmmaker Benjamin Christensen’s investigation into witchcraft lore remains a singular satanic sensation.

Take the Detour: Neil Young’s <i>Human Highway</i> at 40 — Craig J. Clark

Take the Detour: Neil Young’s Human Highway at 40

Aug 22nd, 2022

At a crossroads in his career, Neil Young turned out a nuclear-charged fable about mankind’s last day on Earth. Four decades on, audiences are...

Soderbergh Lets It All Hang Out: <i>Full Frontal</i> at 20 — Craig J. Clark

Soderbergh Lets It All Hang Out: Full Frontal at 20

Aug 1st, 2022

After winning an Oscar and achieving the biggest hit of his career, Steven Soderbergh chose to bite the hand that fed him. Here’s how that panned...

In Space, No One Can Hear Mario Bava

Jul 20th, 2022

This 1965 foray into science fiction from the Italian horror master is a fascinating deviation (and inspiration for one of the best sci-fi films of...

The <i>Elvis</i> Before <i>Elvis</i> — Craig J. Clark

The Elvis Before Elvis

Jun 28th, 2022

In 1979 - less than two years after his death - the life of Elvis Presley was first brought to the (small) screen, by director John Carpenter and...

The Same Again, Only In English

May 16th, 2022

When Michael Haneke remade his 1997 film 'Funny Games' 15 years ago, he joined a long, strange tradition of filmmakers remaking their own movies.

Fritz Lang: King of the Two-Part Film

Apr 18th, 2022

A century before the two-part events of ‘The Avengers,’ ‘Harry Potter,’ ‘The Hunger Games,’ and ‘Twilight,’ German groundbreaker...

Scenes from the Class Struggle in the Reagan-Era Cinema of Paul Bartel

Mar 28th, 2022

In a handful of idiosyncratic indies and comedies-for-hire, writer/actor/director Paul Bartel carved out a niche as a merciless social satirist in a...