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04/07/202203/02/2024inReviewsby Marya Gates5 min read

Review: All the Old Knives

Janus Metz Pedersen’s slow burn espionage thriller has plenty of ambition and two game stars, but little else going for it.

04/06/202203/02/2024inLooking Backby Audrey Fox7 min read

Mary Pickford, Hollywood Trailblazer

Mary Pickford was born 130 years ago this week. She was a groundbreaking silent movie star, but she also created a template for industry power that is still followed today.

04/05/202203/02/2024inLooking Backby Craig D. Lindsey7 min read

Harvey’s Hellhole: Get Over It

This month, we look back at Miramax’s messy mishandling of what should’ve been a slam-dunk entry in the “Shakespeare for teens” craze.

04/04/202203/02/2024inLooking Back, Happy Birthdayby Ciara Moloney5 min read

In Defense of Chasing Amy, 25 Years Later

A quarter-century after the release of Kevin Smith’s slacker rom-com, we look at its gradual fall from public favor – and make the case for its virtues.

04/01/202203/02/2024inLooking Backby Julia Sirmons5 min read

Classic Corner: Design for Living

Ernst Lubitsch’s comedy about a ménage à trois (now streaming on the Ccriterion Channel) is a Pre-Code treat – a sexy, free-spirited examination of attraction and affection.

03/31/202203/02/2024inReviewsby Craig D. Lindsey4 min read

Review: Morbius

The long-long-long-delayed Jared Leto supervillian tale has finally hit theaters, and it was not worth the wait.

03/30/202203/02/2024inLooking Backby Jeremy Herbert5 min read

The Bronson in Winter: Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects

The final film from director J. Lee Thompson – and his final collaboration with star Charles Bronson – is a fitting postscript to their sketchy legacy.

03/29/202203/02/2024inVODepths, Reviewsby Josh Bell5 min read

VODepths: What to See (and Avoid) On Demand This Week

Our mini-reviews of ‘Boon,’ ‘4/20,’ ‘Jurassic Island,’ and more of this week’s straight-to-VOD fare.

03/28/202203/02/2024inLooking Backby Craig J. Clark7 min read

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

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 grim era.