Crooked Marquee — Page 41 of 247 — Delightfully unique (crooked) movie perspectives.

10/28/202410/27/2024inLooking Backby Steve Erickson5 min read

The Real Life Horrors of Abel Ferrara’s The Blackout

Abel Ferrara’s 1997 thriller may seem like an unconventional watch for Halloween week, but hear us out.

10/25/202410/27/2024inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Craig J. Clark5 min read

The Appearance of Godzilla: 70 and Still Stunning

With Toho’s Godzilla turning 70, here’s a look at how it became the giant, radioactive monster that could.

10/25/202410/24/2024inClassic Corner, Looking Backby Sara Batkie6 min read

Classic Corner: Eyes Without a Face

Masks are always a popular part of spooky season. But as this French cult classic demonstrates, sometimes it’s not a villain they conceal but a victim.

10/24/202410/23/2024inReviewsby Jason Bailey5 min read

Review: Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

Thom Zimny’s latest Springsteen celebration is a bit of a marshmallow, but offers plenty of good stuff for fans.

10/23/202410/21/2024inLooking Backby Kayleigh Donaldson5 min read

In The Addiction, Blood is the Drug

Abel Ferrara brought the vampire story into the urban grit of New York malaise in this low-budget 1995 thriller.

10/22/202410/21/2024inReviews, VODepthsby Josh Bell5 min read

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

Our mini-reviews of “Die Alone,” “All You Need is Blood,” “The House From…,” and more of this week’s lesser-known titles for home viewing.

10/21/202410/20/2024inLooking Backby Rob Nixon5 min read

White Material: The Nightmare of Western Colonialism

Claire Denis’s 2009 political drama plays, in many ways, like an especially visceral horror movie.

10/21/202410/20/2024inLooking Backby Craig D. Lindsey7 min read

Harvey’s Hellhole: Weinstein Gone Wilde

This month marks Oscar Wilde’s 170th birthday (and next month marks the 124th anniversary of his death) so let’s go back to that brief time when Miramax was in the Oscar Wilde-adapting business.

10/18/202410/17/2024inClassic Corner, Looking Backby Sean Burns5 min read

Classic Corner: Psycho II

Widely sneered at upon its release, Richard Franklin’s 1983 sequel to Hitchcock’s classic holds up just fine on its own terms.

10/17/202410/15/2024inReviewsby Jason Bailey5 min read

Review: Anora

Sean Baker’s winning streak continues with this delightfully dirty and warmly humanist portrait of sex work, romance, and their occasional intersections.