Crooked Marquee — Page 112 of 251 — Delightfully unique (crooked) movie perspectives.

05/16/202203/02/2024inLooking Backby Craig J. Clark8 min read

The Same Again, Only In English

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

05/13/202203/02/2024inLooking Backby Sean Burns6 min read

Classic Corner: Semi-Tough

Michael Ritchie teamed with Burt Reynolds to adapt the bestselling novel about good ol’ boy pro football players – and crafted something no one was expecting.

05/12/202203/02/2024inReviewsby Kimber Myers4 min read

Review: Pleasure

Ninja Thyberg’s debut feature is all about porn, but it’s not interested in delivering the thrills its title promises.

05/12/202203/02/2024inReviewsby Craig D. Lindsey3 min read

Review: The Innocents

Universal is trying its best to keep you from seeing ‘Firestarter’ – so why not watch this superior telekinetic-tyke movie instead?

05/11/202203/02/2024inMoviesby Chelsea Spear9 min read

The Evolving Cinematic Persona of Nick Cave

The new documentary ‘One More Time With Feeling’ continues to capture the singer-songwriter’s life and art, and their intersections.

05/10/202203/02/2024inVODepths, Reviewsby Josh Bell5 min read

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

Our mini-reviews of “Lockdown,” “Tankhouse,” “A Taste of Blood,” and more of this week’s direct-to-VOD fare.

05/09/202203/02/2024inLooking Backby Audrey Fox7 min read

How Katharine Hepburn Became a Comedienne – and Turned Her Career Around

In 1938, the gifted actress was struggling after a string of flops. She would have to redefine her screen persona to save her career – and she did just that.

05/06/202203/02/2024inLooking Backby Julia Sirmons5 min read

Classic Corner: The Ruling Class

The British are particularly fixated on their class system – and equally obsessed with satirizing it. Peter Medak’s The Ruling Class, made 50 years ago in a time of social discontent not unlike our own, is a freewheeling but trenchant look at aristocratic privilege, and the cruelty its members will accept in order to maintain […]