Jeremy Herbert, Author at Crooked Marquee

06/15/202103/02/2024inMoviesby Jeremy Herbert

Siskel & Ebert: Chicken Soup for the Critical Soul

In an increasingly tricky critical environment, there’s something oddly comforting about revisiting reruns of the two most iconic critics of their era.

04/28/202103/02/2024inLooking Backby Jeremy Herbert

Tony Scott: Three Sequels by Any Other Name

How Tony Scott reinvigorated his style in the 1990s with spiritual sequels to three 1970s classics.

03/29/202103/02/2024inLooking Backby Jeremy Herbert

Naughty and Nicecore: The Matador

The 2005 action/comedy – one of Pierce Brosnan’s wonderful subversions of his Bond years – hits a little differently now.

02/17/202103/02/2024inLooking Backby Jeremy Herbert

The Two Jakes: To Live and Die in Chinatown

The ‘Chinatown’ follow-up, both starring and directed by Jack Nicholson, has mostly been forgotten – perhaps unfairly. A look back at ‘The Two Jakes,’ now streaming on Amazon Prime Video:

01/13/202103/02/2024inLooking Backby Jeremy Herbert

Nothing Good Happens After 2 AM: Paul Schrader’s Light Sleeper

Paul Schrader’s third “man and his room” movie (after “Taxi Driver” and “American Gigolo”), is now streaming on Amazon Prime. A look back at this moody, contemplative drama of the night:

11/18/202003/02/2024inLooking Back, Happy Birthdayby Jeremy Herbert

“For England, James?”: GoldenEye at 25

Pierce Brosnan’s first James Bond adventure hit screens 25 years ago this week – and marked a turning point for the venerable spy franchise. A look back:

07/28/202003/02/2024inMovies, Looking Backby Jeremy Herbert

Three Non-Bonds: The Strange Tale of the Harry Palmer Trilogy

Harry Palmer’s personal file reads like a permanent record: “Insubordinate, insolent, a trickster…perhaps with criminal tendencies.” When his new boss, another […]