Craig J. Clark, Author at Crooked Marquee

Baghead: 10 Years Ago, the Duplass Brothers Almost Strangled Mumblecore in Its Cradle

“You know, Hollywood has us convinced that it takes a hundred million dollars to make a quality piece of art, and […]

At a time when indie filmmakers are increasingly turning to crowdfunding platforms to bring their modestly budgeted visions to life, many […]

One of the year’s most quietly devastating performances can be found in Terence Davies’ immaculately rendered portrait of poet Emily Dickinson. […]

Confession time: Despite coming of age in the ’80s and landing in the heart of the target audience for John Hughes’ […]

Everyone knows horror auteur Rob Zombie wrote and directed two Halloween films – which performed so well the franchise has since […]

For the first couple of decades after its release, Groundhog Day was largely (and surprisingly) left alone. Having nailed the premise […]

While David Cronenberg has been synonymous with “body horror” for most of his career, it has been close to two decades […]

“No pointy hats, but plenty of pointy heads.” That’s how the jaded FBI man played by Gene Hackman sums up the […]

In a way, the most important relationship in Beatriz at Dinner is the one between the title character and someone who […]

[Editor’s note: Craig J. Clark had somehow never seen a Michael Bay film until recently, when he watched all of them. […]

As the world teeters on the brink of Transformers: The Last Knight, Craig J. Clark has finally reached the end of […]

As the world edges closer and closer to the release of Transformers: The Last Knight, Craig J. Clark is mapping the […]